Chewing different materials affects the brain and a new study found that chewing on wood (wooden tongue depressors), compared to chewing gum, led to a significant increase in a natural brain antioxidant called glutathione, and better performance on memory tasks.

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https://www.psypost.org/chewing-wood-may-boost-memory-and-brain-antioxidants-study-finds/

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I remember as a kid going over my friend's house and seeing a bunch of toothpicks stuck inside a tube of unsliced pepperoni. Thought that was weird. He said his Dad would leave them in there overnight to flavor them. Apparently he did it with other meats too.

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Yeah, weird kid. Whole family was a bit strange. I stayed over one time on a weekend and his sister got yelled at for "wasting" the water in the bathroom. They'd leave the water in the tub when they each took baths..

[u/dude21862004 → u/_BlackDove]

What an awful day to be literate...

[u/notashroom → u/_BlackDove]

That sounds like almost enough justification to buy a stick of pepperoni. I'll bet he had the tastiest toothpicks.

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I wonder why meats of all things?

Zip need a toothpick?