How useful is the modern chewing gum

In the Soviet Union chewing gum appeared in the second half of the seventies, when it began to be produced at several confectionery factories. The fact of having domestic chewing gum on the shelves has completely crossed out all previous assurances about its harmfulness and harmfulness for health. Consumers "duck humming" stopped teasing "ruminants".

To say that this product was not in the country at all, it is impossible, it was brought by sailors and other citizens who were abroad by nature, it was the best gift for almost any child who grew up behind the "iron curtain", besides, he also cost Inexpensively. Gum was also sold by speculators in all places where it was possible, and in the post-war years the American sailors were generously treated by children from the ships that came to our ports with the cargo of humanitarian aid of the International Red Cross. However, most often they threw this curiosity at Land and photographed children crawling in the dust.

Later chewing gum became a symbol of the Western way of life, along with cigarettes of "Marlboro", jeans and plates of rock bands. In the seventies the children collected whole collections of wrappers from it, in which there were rare and widely distributed specimens.

It is logical to assume that the damage to the chewing gum has been greatly exaggerated, since people who have really fallen ill from its use have not been identified, but have been chewing it for a long time. Actually, the habit of grinding something in the mouth has existed for hundreds of years, but the industrial production of elastic-plastic and stretching sweet mass began in the 70s of the XIX century in the North American States. And before they just did not take their teeth - and resin, and tobacco, and seeds, and all over the world. Sometimes this chewing gum was useful, and sometimes harmful.

Chewing gum with a similar packaging, smell and taste in recent decades has changed. Instead of the familiar inscription "Bubble Gum" or "Chewing Gum" on the packages and labels appeared the word "Sugarfree", meaning that the product is made without the use of sugar. As far as it's good, time will tell, because the dangers of sugar for teeth, and the safety of its substitutes for the whole organism are also questionable. Nevertheless, the chewing gum composition became different than before, only the main ingredient Gum Base, that is, the rubber base, has been preserved. The requirements to the database are strict enough, it should not stick to the teeth, it should not be too hard, but not too soft and retain such properties during the entire storage period.

As for the success of chemical science, they are indisputable, and this fully applies to flavor additives. Peppermint becomes "more minty", and fruits - even "fruity". As far as it is good, the general public, again, is not known.

Numerous advertisements propagate the idea that a chewing gum can guarantee a snow-white smile, it is enough just to open the cherished pack after drinking a cup of tea or coffee. Mysterious, but the best dentists insist that such teeth and caries do not harm, and in the proof of their words they knock on them with a rather heavy dental instrument. However, it should be remembered that the therapeutic effect of using chewing gum does not give, and clean your mouth is better than a normal brush, the old fashioned.