Peeps answered Thursday July 29 2010, 2:04 am: It can because chewing gum actually causes your stomach to begin producing the acids to break down foods. The chewing motion sends a signal to your brain (which sends a signal to your stomach) that you are eating. It's just a natural response that will always happen in healthy people.
Gum chewing has actually led to acid problems such as acid reflux or severe indigestion. The stomach begins producing this natural acid to break down food that it thinks will be coming down soon and the acid just kind of sits there on that tissue. It can rise up into the esophagus and is pretty foul smelling (and damaging). It can also create things like stomach ulcers, which can cause a whole series of other problems such as candida (yeast) overgrowth within the gut.
Many times bad breath comes from within the body, specifically somewhere throughout the digestive tract. If the foul smelling odor is caused by an overproduction of stomach acid that has caused other things to occur within the body then the chewing motion can cause that smell to occur rather quickly.
So, yes, it very well can cause your breath to smell worse than before you popped a piece of chewing gum into your mouth. [ Peeps's advice column | Ask Peeps A Question ]
amaried answered Wednesday July 28 2010, 8:13 pm: In my experience it doesn't make your breath smell worse-it makes it better or has not effect. Brush your tongue with toothpaste if you want really fresh breath since that's where most bacteria is and that is what causes bad breath. [ amaried's advice column | Ask amaried A Question ]
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