[engineer2100 (OP)]

Hi,
    I came to know of this wierd thing that eating Mint Chewing Gum makes you impotent. Is this true?....[?]

Engi....

[NakedScientist]

Well psychologists have shown that chewing gum can improve memory :
http://www.thenakedscientists.com/html/shows/2002.03.17.htm#2

...which makes it doubly sad if you can remember what to do, but you can't do it !

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[Exodus]

Chewing gum while peeling onions will keep you from crying!


Thats Economics...

[Jaydon Merrill]

If it's got artificial sweeteners in it, it could be dodgy - there are various theories about particular sweeteners causing cancer and taking the calcium out of your bones. Also some sweeteners have a laxative effect.

But chewing gum occasionally won't kill you. Just don't do it constantly if you're worried about side effects!...

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[Bored chemist]

Hi,
    I came to know of this wierd thing that eating Mint Chewing Gum makes you impotent. Is this true?....[?]

Engi....

My dad chewed a lot of gum and I'm here.

[dentstudent]

I heard a similar thing about Polos. Perhaps there is a chemical in them that if you ate several hundred packets at once there may be an effect, but I'm sure that you'd throw up long before that.

[Don_1]

Polo is good for your diet if you spit out the mint and just eat the hole!

Sorry, couldn't resist that.

[dentstudent]

MIL will be here later to tell you that eating holes is not language for a family website. Tut tut.