Comments on: The 5 Calorie Gum Question

By: Lucine

Lucine — Fri, 09 Mar 2007 19:40:27 +0000

The calories are contained in the stuff that coats around the gum. Once you have chewed it and gotten its flavor, even for the smallest amount of time, you can have received the calories in it as well.

By: Pauly D

Pauly D — Mon, 05 Mar 2007 19:25:43 +0000

Karl - See, that’s what I think. Which results in two very startling realizations. First, gum companies are assuming you’ll swallow their gum. Second, you could chew a whole pack, never swallow the gum, and it would be a zero calorie snack. Which rocks!

Rob - See, this here is the celery negative calorie hypothesis. That the work that goes into eating a food burns off the calories of said food. I also wish unicorns were real, Rob.

By: Rob

Rob — Mon, 05 Mar 2007 17:50:53 +0000

What about the calories burned actually chewing the gum? If you chew for 10 minutes, perhaps you work off the 5 calories, and by natural extension, Orbitz could actually have negative calories if you chewed long enough. They could actually have a caloric graph with chewing effort (which is obviously a function of chewing force and chewing speed) on the Y axis and chewing time on the X axis, with a line showing net calories at any given point. But that’s just me, I’m a graph guy.

By: Karl

Karl — Sun, 04 Mar 2007 22:49:45 +0000

Pretty sure you have to swallow the gum for the calories to take hold. I’m convinced.

By: CJ

CJ — Sun, 04 Mar 2007 04:53:16 +0000

this is something that my group of friends has been mulling over for a while now.
welcome to my world Pauly D.

By: Stacey

Stacey — Sun, 04 Mar 2007 03:18:15 +0000

Personally, I think that if you don’t swallow it, the calories couldn’t possibly count.

By: Pauly D

Pauly D — Sat, 03 Mar 2007 20:07:15 +0000

Yes, but what’s the answer to my question?

By: Jeff

Jeff — Sat, 03 Mar 2007 19:35:15 +0000

My mom still won’t let me have gum because I either swallow it or get it stuck in my hair.

By: dgm

dgm — Sat, 03 Mar 2007 19:20:59 +0000

my friend in high school once remarked of that delicious softdrink, tab, “is the one calorie at the top or bottom of the bottle? because if it’s at the bottom, maybe i’ll only drink half.”

By: Wordmaven

Wordmaven — Sat, 03 Mar 2007 19:18:46 +0000

What about microwave popcorn? The label lists the calories unpopped. Is that even an option? If it wasn’t, why would they list it? Troubling questions.