Japanese Chewing gum can 'enhance breasts'

[LynneSin]

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/health/4361563.stm

Chewing gum can 'enhance breasts'

Pueraria mirifica is full of active chemicals
A chewing gum which the makers say can help enhance the size, shape and tone of the breasts has proved to be a big hit in Japan.
B2Up says its Bust-Up gum, when chewed three or four times a day, can also help improve circulation, reduce stress and fight ageing.

The gum works by slowly releasing compounds contained in an extract from a plant called Pueraria mirifica.

In theory, this helps to keep the muscle tissue in good order.

Pueraria mirifica, also known as Kwao Krua, is a species found in Thailand and Burma.

It has long been used by indigenous hill tribe people as a traditional medicine.

The plant's underground tubers contain a number of chemicals called phytoestrogens - natural compounds which mimic the effects of the female sex hormone oestrogen.

These include miroestrol and deoxymiroestrol, which are believed to exert a particularly strong effect, as they are very close in chemical structure to oestradiol, the main human oestrogen.

B2Up says that it is the effect of these two chemicals, coupled with a third phytooestrogen isoflavone, which makes its gum so effective.

It cites tests carried out by Thailand's Chulalongkorn University which found Pueraria mirifica therapy was able to enhance breast size by 80%.

[GreenPartyVoter]

1. The only help my boobs need is drastic shortening, I don't think

chewing gum, even this kind, will help. :P

[ET Awful]

2. 80%?????

That's one hell of claim.

[MrScorpio]

3. Can someone say "Nobel Prize"?

I can see it coming, bright as day

[Orsino]

4. There's a meme we missed...

"Electing Kerry/Edwards enhances the bust."
"Wes Clarke lets you go all night long."
"Vote Sharpton for porn-star endowment."

[davsand]

5. I thought maybe you chewed it and stuck it on.

Kind of an external silicon kind of thing...


Laura

[Arkana]

6. Wonder if THAT will ever make it to the United States

:dilemma:

[Zuni]

7. I think a huge government grant is in order

for the good of mankind, of course

[LynneSin]

8. Could you imagine if the gum would increase penis size?

Hell, the US government would subsidize it!