The Dangers of Chewing Gum

The Dangers of Chewing Gum



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Originally, chewing gum was made
from tree sap but today's
commercial brands are loaded
with harmful ingredients and
chemicals. The modern day chewing gums
are made of four major
ingredients including synthetic
rubber, plastic, sugar, and
coloring (dye). Modern day gums
are produced from synthetic polymers such as styrene-
butadie ne rubbers and polyvinyl acetate. The final
product is composed of 60%
sugar, 20% corn syrup, and only
20% actual gum material. If you're chewing gum you are
chewing rubber and plastic.
Chewing gum is known as a
harmless cultural tradition but it
contains many properties that
may be hazardous to our health. Today's chewing gums and
bubble gums are predominantly
sugar by volume. Seventy to
eighty percent of most gums on
the market today are sheer
vehicles for sugar, the number one drug on the planet. Just as
cigarettes are a conveyor for
the addictive drug "nicotine", so
is gum for sugar.