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/

[u/hummingelephant → u/[deleted]]

Do I need to get tested? In elementary school all my pencils were chewed down, even my books looked like a mouse was chewing on them (as a teacher angrily told me).

[u/improbablyatthegame → u/hummingelephant]

Why test? Just chew on tongue depressors.

I’m actually going to try this… I destroy my nails.

[u/Boring-Philosophy-46 → u/improbablyatthegame]

 Careful, some wood leaves splinters. I personally like licorice wood / root to chew on, it's sold as edible. But it can raise blood pressure.