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Read, play and have fun! Baby Wellness Chewing gum: 140 years well chewed!
Read, play and have fun! Baby Wellness Chewing gum: 140 years well chewed! Chewing gum: 140 years well chewed! |
 Maltitol syrup, acesulfame K, gum Arabic: here the basic ingredients of chewing gum. That, born in America in 1869, by the dentist William F. Semple, has celebrated 140 years. 140 without considering its ancient origins: the Maya 'chicle' and the Greek 'mastica'. In Italy it came in with the landing of the Allies, became fashionable with American movie stars, and found fertile ground: in 1946, the brothers Perfetti produced "Brooklyn, the chewing gum of the bridge", legendary. Useful to be ready for kissing, chewing gum helps quench your hunger and, someone argues, to lose weight. Helpful in times of tension, it relieves nervousness of former smokers. Strawberry, apple, sugar-free, mint for traditionalists, there are also chewing gum against nausea, with nicotine, with xylitol, aphrodisiac... Spherical, in its original form, thin slab or comfit, it can be bought at supermarkets, bars, to the tobacconist, in vending machines. Precautions: 1. in large amounts it may have laxative effects, 2. it has not to be swallowed. Ah! To throw it away, wrap it in a piece of paper. As long as you really want to throw it away: on eBay there is a market for second-hand chewing gums... Fetishes aside, chewing gum is human. So human that in the Tim Burton’s movie Mars Attacks!, to pretend a girl, an alien creature chews a gum. There are chewing gums on Mars? What does chewing gum reserve us for the future? Just one certitude: it is timeless. So best wishes by Italy Family Hotels for the next 140! 
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