WHAT IS SUGAR-FREE CHEWING GUM REALLY MADE OF?

As we all now, chewing gum contains gum, but it has more ingredients than we know about.

Chewing gum contains a lot of sweeteners, flavourings, colourings or preservatives.

Current sweeteners are:

Aspartame. It’s a sweetener which is very low in calories. It substitutes sugar.

Sorbitol. It is present in a lot of sweets, because it has not got a lot of calories. But, it has got many problems: the principal problem is that it can cause you stomach ache, and it causes diarrhoea, too. It also makes you loose a lot of weight, and it is not so healthy.

Mannitol. It is a mixture of glucose and fructose. It makes the chewing gum tasty.

PROHIBITION OF CHEWING GUM

WHY IS CHEWING GUM PROHIBITED IN SINGAPORE?

In 1992, the Government of Singapore, decided to ban chewing gum. The reasons for this prohibition are that people there thought that chewing gum is very sticky and made the streets dirty. Another reason is that many people stuck chewing gum on the doors of the urban metro, and this delayed it, because the doors did not close properly and it caused major problems. What is more, the cleaning service cost too much money for Government.

In 2004, the authorities authorized chewing gum, but only the chewing gum that is destined to help quit smoking, this type of chewing gum is only sold in chemist’s.

CHEWING GUM

ADVANTAGES AND DISADVANTAGES OF CHEWING GUM

Chewing gum is my favourite type of sweets. There are many types of chewing gum with different flavours.

I think chewing gum has got a lot of advantages, but it has got disadvantages too.

The advantages are that chewing gum helps us to calm our anxiety if we are trying to stop smoking and it is good for our breath too.

There are some of disadvantages about chewing gum: 
If you chew sugared gum, it can produce cavities in our teeth.

Chewing gum contains a type of laxative, so it can produce intestinal problems.

 Another disadvantage is that chewing gum can give you jaw ache.

Well, before reading this, did you think is it good to chew chewing gum?

I think, yes, but not in excess. So, don’t chew a lot of chewing gum, it isn’t really healthy for you.