Chewing on hard candies or Mastic Gum may disrupt metal fillings and liberate mercury, which is harmful. — Whalespan
Chewing on hard candies or Mastic Gum may disrupt metal fillings and liberate mercury, which is harmful.
⚠ High risk
We can't find evidence that holds up here. Proponents are reasoning from mechanism or analogy rather than direct human data, and the most credible skeptics raise objections we can't dismiss.
✕NOTSUPPORTED
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High-risk intervention — consult a physician before acting.Drug-drug interactions, dose-dependence, and screening contraindications apply.
“chewing on the like Mastic Gum or you know hard candies where you're really chewing on on that hard candy which by the way you're supposed to suck the hard candy the Jolly ranch you're not supposed to chew on them but that some people will do that they'll just naturally chew on those can actually disrupt and liberate some of that mercury and that would be bad”