Ice Chewing

by Kat Kinsman, Posted Jan 30th 2008 @ 5:46PM

From today's Wall Street Journal:

"Ice isn't just for chilling drinks anymore, or for packing fish and treating sprains. It's a hot snack. Some Sonic Drive-In franchises sell it in cups and in bags to go. Ice-machine makers are competing to make the best chewable ice, with names like Chewblet, Nugget Ice and Pearl Ice. One manufacturer calls the ice-loving South the "Chew Belt."

Sooooo -- any of y'all wanna fess up to being ice chewers? Have you ever shelled out for your habit? Got a favorite, uh, brand?

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Filed Under: Guilty Pleasures, Drinks

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3-25-2008 @10:13PM kristyn p said... the best ice to chew is the half-melted rounded cubes at the bottom of soda. REGULAR soda, not diet soda. it breaks into that perfect, shaved consistency. mmm... ice.
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3-30-2008 @5:28PM Kandy said... I ate ice a lot to keep cool in the summer. As an adult and after many children I started craving ice. I ate it in the winter. My fingers were numb and my tongue got sensitive to spicy foods. I also got some hair-line tooth fractures. When my husband complained of low energy, I gave him some iron pills and thought I'd take some too. Much to my surprise I noticed I had stopped eating ice! Then I remembered many years ago as a child a woman told me that chewing ice means you need more iron in your diet. So, they have known this for years (that was 1960)!! They should write about it more often.
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3-31-2008 @12:32PM ann said... I have noticed that the closet ice chewers are women. Yes, I am an ice chewer and LOVE IT.
Yes, I am anemic and on iron pills bit still chew.
My next refrigerator WILL HAVE CRUSHED ICE!!!
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4-09-2008 @7:41AM Tyler said... Wow! It looks like we are not alone! Have you ever tried googling "Chewing Ice"?? There are whole websites dedicated to it! Pretty crazy!!
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5-11-2008 @5:05PM Jesse said... Have to agree with Shelia...hospital ice is the best!!! Sonic too. Wal-mart bagged ice is good, but only if you let it sit for a few minutes. It has to be the big bag....so make sure you have the freezer room. Funny, I didnt realize my "addiction" was so commen!
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5-11-2008 @10:22PM JJ said... Ice chewing is BAD BAD BAD for your teeth period. I've chewed ice for 15yrs. daily and little by little I've lost all the enamel on my teeth and they staring chipping away. I'm 41 and I'm addicted.
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8-18-2008 @9:37AM Terese said... I was an ice chewer from childhood into adulthood and was anemic throughout many of those years. One bad side effect is the eventual loss of your tooth enamel. My once perfect teeth now have small chips in the front from lack of protection when eating any hard, crunchy type foods ~ so beware of the long term affects and ease off excessive ice chewing!
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10-05-2008 @7:48PM Jeepersmom24 said... What is Sonic ice?? I find that Coffee Bean has the best ice. It's little small pebbles and is not super hard so it's easy to chew. I'm worried about my teeth!
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