Every year I try to give something up for Lent. This year I am going to give up chewing gum!
I seem to have an addiction to gum and I am going to try hard to try to give it up. Forty days of no gum and hopefully I will be able to give it up completely after 40 days. I gave up gum for about 1 week last year. My trainer insisted that I give it up for about 1 week before my last competition (mainly because it causes bloating). Unfortunately on some days a chew as much as 1 pack of gum a day! Maybe it's the sweetness that I am really addicted to? Maybe I am really addicted to sweets! To help determine if it's really an addiction to sweets, I am also going to give up candy.
What's the big deal about chewing gum? Well the problem is the artificial sweeteners in the gum. Some artificial sweeteners are not really good for you. I finally made up my mind after reading the following:
"Artificial sweeteners always seem to have a significant downside to them whether it is causing cancer (saccharin), seizures and headaches (aspartame), tumors (acesulfame K) or possible immunologic disorders (splenda). Now research shows they also promote weight gain."
I really don't use artificial sweeteners except for some stevia I add to my oatmeal so all I have to do give up gum! It's that easy! Not!
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