Gum – Dangerous to Chew?
By ad | September 16, 2008
Normally you wouldn’t think that chewing a piece of gum could be dangerous to one’s health but you may think otherwise once you learn about the ingredients in a piece of gum. Djehuty breaks down and enlightens readers to what is put into it and how these ingredients can affect our bodies.
Our modern day gums or chewing gums are made up of four major ingredients: Synthetic Rubber, Plastic, Sugar, and Coloring (dye). Modern day gums are produced from synthetic polymers, i.e. styrene-butadiene rubbers and polyvinyl acetate. The final product is composed of 60% sugar, 20% corn syrup, and only 20% actual gum material.
Yuck! To think that they put all of that unnecessary stuff into a piece of gum is incredible. Gum is mainly marketed as a way to clean your breath. Take a look at this:
Folks, contrary to popular opinion, you cannot mask foul breath with gum. Chewing gum on top of foul breath is the equivalent of spraying perfume on manure. It defeats the purpose! Foul breath is the result of a toxic and polluted colon so gum can’t possibly help. This is yet another American urban dietary legend.
The marketers are doing a great job as society to continues to play into the myth of gum being a breath freshener. Read the rest of this article and I’m sure you will think twice when you are shopping and pass all of the gums and breath mints in the check out.
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