Chewing Gum: Stepping Into the Sticky History and Bubbly Future of the World's First Confectionary

Step right into gum's sticky history, and learn how the favorite flavors of the stone age burst into the modern bubble gum! Gum has been scientifically demonstrated to treat numerous mental and physical medical conditions, and can help in the recovery of colon surgery as much as improve the mental acuity of soldiers on the battlefield. It seems like there isn't anything gum can't do: yet from gums that administer medicine to those that improve your jawline, to those used in public art, the modern challenge for gum is in fact... criminalization! Learn how gum enthusiasts risk jail, how it's recycled into useful plastics, the gruesome story of the baseball trading card, and even how top chemical scientists discovered the answer to that most pressing question: does your chewing gum lose its flavor on the bedpost overnight? Contents: the Sappy Story of Ancient Gum 4

Stepping into Modern Gum 12

Bubblegum: Not So Tacky After All 21

Health Effects of Chewing Gum 30

Mental Health 30

Dental Health 37

Colon Surgical Recovery 44

Illegal Gum 47

Recycling and Reusing Gum 55

Marketing Gum 58

Share Your Gum 71

Conclusion: Whether or Not Chewing Gum Loses Its Flavor on the Bedpost Overnight? 74