Article: Did You Know - July 2003
Did You Know - July 2003
by: Dr. Janet Starr Hull, Ph.D., CN
http://www.sweetpoison.com/newsletter/
* During WWII, U.S. military personnel spread the popularity
of chewing gum by trading it and giving it as gifts to people
in
Europe, Africa, Asia, and around the world.
* Why is bubble gum pink? The color of the first successful
bubble gum was pink because it was the only color the inventor
had left. The color "stuck" and today bubble gum is
still predominantly
pink.
* Can you really remove gum from your hair with peanut butter?
It has been proven that if you knead a small amount of peanut
butter
between your fingers and the gum, the gum will break apart enough
to remove it.
* North American kids spend approximately half a billion dollars
on
bubble gum every year.
* UK gives green light for new sweetener. The UK Food Standards
Agency (FSA) announced this week new regulations giving a two-year
temporary national authorization to market a new sweetener - 'salt
of
aspartame-acesulfame' - a chemical combination of two already
permitted sweeteners, aspartame and acesulfame K at an equivalent
mixture of 1:1.
The FSA also revealed that parallel regulations have been prepared
in Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland.
