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Huh, are there speciality chewing sticks purpose made for this?
I know that there are hard rubber like material that were made to strengthen jaw muscles. Licorice sticks might be used too.
Perhaps drinking soylent didn't improve my productivity after all.
Huh, are there speciality chewing sticks purpose made for this?
Raw mastic gum seems to be gaining popularity in the US.
Neither is popular for the explicit purpose of cognitive enhancement, though.
We're about $60K in to her treatment. She's had the meniscus of the joints on both sides of her jaw surgically repaired and now is undergoing orthodontia to permit her jaw to safely re-align.
This after a year of excruciating pain (the TMJ was bone to bone contact), and a year of painful muscular rehab. Unless you are a maxillofacial surgeon or perhaps a particular specialty of orthodontia you are probably unaware of just how many muscles in the head have to re-learn how to work after TMJ problems.
The "straw that broke the camel's back" in her case?
A pistachio nut.
I assume this will turn into some kind of insane tiktok "life hack" trend that makes increasingly outrageous and false claims, and then in a couple months dentists will see their revenues jump.
Tl;dr: Chewing pencils is more powerful than chewing gum.
/s just in case it needed to be spelled out