INTRODUCTION
Attention Getter: (Chews gum) Is this annoying you? Do you want me to stop? What if I told you that this pass-time, can actually make you a better student?
Topic Revelation Statement: In the next few minutes, I will testify three astounding benefits why you should start chewing gum everyday!
Significance Statement: We all seek to improve something about ourselves and chewing gum is going to do just that. According to wrigley.com updated in 2012, the Wrigley Science Institute is committed to sharing this chewing gum phenomenon! Although this research is for everyone, it'll help us to be better students as well!
Preview Main Points: First I will tell you about the stress relief benefit, then I will tell you about the concentration benefit, last I will tell you about the memory benefit.
BODY
Transition: Let's bite down on this exciting topic shall we?
Main Point 1: As students, we have very busy lives and it can become almost impossible to just relax a bit.
A. In 2009, Dr. Scholey and Dr. Smith of the Wrigley Science Institute states that chewing gum can actually relieve stress.
B. Stress can be caused by all kinds of forms. When we're caught lying; when we're about to take a test; when we're worried or even sad.
C. When we are stressed, our bodies become tense. A remedy for that would be to exercise.
Well, the remedy to loosen our jaw tension is to chew gum!
i.
Dr. Shiba posts in 2002 Journal of Oral Rehabilitation that muscle contraction from chewing is a form of exercise. Chewing stimulates vagus nerve in the brain, which lowers heart rate and increases relaxation.
D. In addition, Dr. Zhou of plosone.org published an experiment in April 2013 that gum relieves stress not only by producing blood flow and oxygen to the brain, but also by subconsciously shifting our attention to the act of chewing.
Transition: Now that our jaws are loosened up, let's loosen our ears to listen to the next