5 is a brand of sugar-free chewing gum that is manufactured by the Wrigley Company, marketed toward teenagers. The name "5" hints at the five human senses (with the ad slogan "Stimulate Your Senses" and "How It Feels To Chew Five Gum") and that it has 5 calories.

The act of chewing gum increases salivary flow and volume by mechanical action and stimulation of oral taste receptors. Chewing sugar-free gum may, when added to a regular home oral care routine of twice daily brushing with fluoridated toothpaste and daily cleaning between teeth, contribute to reducing caries risk.

Great flavor It lasts for a good amount of time as well before it loses its flavor. Five has always been a reliable brand of gum.

In the Americas, the ancient Mayan people chewed a substance called chicle, derived from the sapodilla tree, as a way to quench thirst or fight hunger, according to anthropologist Jennifer P.

It turns out that the sticky substance might help students concentrate. The researchers say that gum increases the flow of oxygen to regions of the brain responsible for attention. More oxygen can keep people alert and improve their reflexes.

Q: Are your 5® Gum products Halal certified? A: Our 5® products are not Halal certified.

2. 5 Gum React2 Mint - 6:05 minutes. The mint flavor tasted the most mature of anything on this list, and it lasted twice as long as most other gums. Its success, though, still doesn't diminish the fact that this package is mostly found in the pockets of bros who reek of thunder-scented body spray.

The American Indians chewed resin made from the sap of spruce trees. The New England settlers picked up this practice, and in 1848, John B. Curtis developed and sold the first commercial chewing gum called The State of Maine Pure Spruce Gum.

c. 1300, "resin from dried sap of plants," from Old French gome "(medicinal) gum, resin," from Late Latin gumma, from Latin gummi, from Greek kommi "gum," from Egyptian kemai. As the name of a hardened, sweetened gelatine mixture as a candy, 1827.

Pick Peppermint “It's been proven that peppermint stimulates brain activity and makes you concentrate better," so if you're just looking for a quick pick-me-up while you're deep in a study session, grab a pack of peppermint gum.

It is possible that chewing gum may also affect stress through neurotransmission effects. Research [23] has indicated that heightened activity in the ventral prefrontal cortex leads to increased activity of serotonergic neurons in the dorsal raphe nucleus and reduced nociceptive flexion reflex.

HI-CHEW™ products contain pork gelatin.