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agumonkey
476 days ago
I know that there are hard rubber like material that were made to strengthen jaw muscles.
Licorice sticks might be used too.
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cenamus
476 days ago
I personally use turkish falim gum, you can get it basically without flavor, it's pretty hard and you can chew on it for >1h without it tasting weird
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agumonkey
475 days ago
very nice, i didn't know about it, thanks
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glompers
475 days ago
glycyrrhizic acid in licorice can drop your blood potassium level and cause cardiac arrhythmia, however, as well as commonly raising blood pressure [1]
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https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC6836258/
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agumonkey
475 days ago
ok my bad, I thought it was mostly harmless. editing.
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agumonkey
475 days ago
ps: apparently licorice can cause harm
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tiahura
475 days ago
Doesn't licorice lower intelligence?
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