chewing gum modern as well as ancient

Since the first human being like chewing gum, the ancient Greeks chewed resin mastics tree, chewing tzictli aztec people, or some sort of sap of the sapodilla tree and Native Americans taught the people of new england colonies to chew spruce tree resin (a type of pine), is actually the beginning of the year 1800s spruce resin lumps became the first commercial chewing gum marketed in the United States, recently sweetened chewing paraffin wax became popular. Modern gum is said to appear at the end of the mid-19th century, during the exile of former Mexican president Santa Anna in the United States, he observed pieces of pieces of chewing chicle (the sap of the sapodilla) brought from Mexico, an American inventor realized the potential of the sap that if given the sweetener and taste, he was inspired that he imported chicle to the United States to make chewing gum

Is the latex chicle from the sapodilla tree thick evergreen tree called the gum tree, the tree was derived from gran piten precisely in the area of tropical rain forest north guatemala and mexico Yucatan Peninsula, where more than 174 sapodilla trees can be found in a hectare, for rainy season, called chicle gatherers chicelaros

make a zigzag streaks on the main stem of wild sapodilla trees to make latex flows slowly into the bowl beneath it, latex is then collected boiled at a predetermined temperature and made ​​the box or boxes to form other shapes in the sale, although some degree of chicle is still used by the industry bubble gum bubble gum in particular is advertised using natural materials, this resin has been widely replaced by synthetic products in 1940 in the United States

why is chewing gum so popular? many people chew gum to freshen breath and clean teeth if they do not have time to brush your teeth after a meal or snack, they found that chewing gum can provide relaxing effect and helps to concentrate even recognized as chewing gum can reduce stress and increase alertness, force supply the American armed forces of chewing gum for the first and second world wars, some drivers find that chewing gum is more effective to keep them up than a cup of coffee, people who try to quit smoking may find that chewing gum can help, chewing gum is also popular as a substitute for a snack, as a piece of chewing gum containing rat average less than ten calories. but many people find that chewing gum is rude and sometimes chew gum at the same time is the modern custom of antiquity.