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The effect of gum chewing on gastric acidity has been studied in the case of 12 individuals from whom normal gastric curves had previously been determined. The chewing of gum depressed the gastric acidity of two-thirds of the individuals during the period of an hour. Both the total and the free acidity were depressed in five-sixths of the individuals for the first half hour. The maximum total acidity was less in eleven of the twelve subjects when gum was chewed. However, the time required to reach this maximum did not vary materially from the time required when no gum was chewed.
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Smith, Clayton S., Wikoff, Helen L. and Southard, Martha E.: Gastric Acidity in Apparently Healthy Subjects. Am. J. Dig. Dis., 12:117, 1945.
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Smith, C.S., Wikoff, H.L. & Southard, M.E. Some effects of gum chewing on gastric acidity in healthy individuals. Jour. D. D. 13, 245–247 (1946). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF03002848
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/BF03002848