I used to chew it when I was a kid. One thing though: it is a rather good laxative and it can also raise blood pressure. If it doesn't affect you that way though, I'm sure it has less than 5 calories!
Another thing I used to play with was cinnamon toothpicks, which I still find for sale occasionally. You can make your own though.
I don't chew sticks much these days but sometimes I brush my gums with Neem sticks, which kind of has the same "I need to do something with my mouth but not eat" feel. Neem makes your teeth feel really great too.
On Wed, Aug 25, 2010 at 3:07 PM, tamaratornado <tamaratornado@yahoo.com> wrote:
I have a habit of chewing on my own tongue when I am hungry. I would like to stop that. I thought about chewing gum, but I suppose it would have to be sugarless, which normally means some chemical sweetener that is worse than sugar.
Then I remembered that you can chew on licorice root it's just a dried root, you gnaw on it, it has a pleasant flavor. Would I be able to chew on that during my fast?
Or I suppose I could just be mindful not to let myself chew on my tongue... My tongue is slightly sore right now. I don't chew hard, but I was chewing it for a while....
- T
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