I’m back from vacation with my family in the mountains. I had something waiting for me at home, that I’m very excited to share with you.
I’m sure I cant be the only blogger that loves to chew gum. As much as I love gum, I try not to chew it often because of the ingredients like aspartame. The FDA has 92 acknowledged symptoms of aspartame poisoning.
That’s why I’m kicking aspartame with PÜR gum!
The people from PÜR gum were kind enough to send me samples from all four flavors. I love minty gum so I set my standards high for these flavors.
PÜR gum is a company based in Canada. Their gum is made in Switzerland and not in China like most gum is. It’s the #1 selling aspartame free gum. Two pieces of this gum has 10 calories. It’s made with xylitol, a natural sweetener that is found in many fruits and veggies. Unlike aspartame, xylitol has some health benefits.
The first flavor I tried was the pomegranate mint flavor.
I’ve never tried a gum flavor like this before. The verdict? It’s great! There was the right amount of pomegranate and mint and I think the flavors worked really well together.
Next, I tried the wintergreen flavor.
This flavor definitely had the strongest minty flavor. This flavor is a mix of spearmint and peppermint.. love it!
Then I tried the spearmint flavor.
When it comes to gum, spearmint is my favorite kind and this one did not disappoint.
Last but not least, I tried the peppermint flavor.
I find that a lot of peppermint gum tastes fake. This one does not! It’s minty with a hint of sweetness.
I noticed that the flavors don’t last as long as sugar free gum with aspartame. Other than that, I have no negative comments on this gum.
As you can see, PÜR gum has a lot less ingredients than other sugar free gum. The ingredients in this gum are pretty much all natural. Click here to find out more about all the ingredients listed above.
Click here to find a store near you that sells PÜR gum.
Giveaway! For your chance to win a multi pack (4 packages of each flavor) check out my Facebook page. Just leave a comment saying you want to win OR share the picture. Simple as that! The giveaway ends on October 20th 2012 and is open worldwide.
Have you ever heard of this brand? Would you be willing to give up gum with aspartame to stay healthy? What is your favorite gum flavor?
I've seen PUR before but don't buy it very often. Mostly because it is more expensive then regular sugar-free gum, and the flavour doesn't last very long. The ingredient comparison is quite fascinating though, I am so glad you shared :)
ReplyDeleteI have never even heard of this. what a great product!
ReplyDeleteI've never seen or even heard of this gum! I LOVE gum yet try to refrain myself from buying it most times due to the aspartame, I have got to find this gum here in my state! I would love to try it out!
ReplyDeleteHey! I have a pack-a-day gum habit so I try not to buy it because of the aspartame. I'd love to try this
ReplyDeleteMmm, wintergreen is my favorite flavor of gum!
ReplyDeleteshared the picture!
ReplyDeletei need gum to chew at school!
ReplyDeleteI haven't seenit but Inwanna try it
ReplyDeleteThat sounds like a great alternative to the aspartame-laden variety - I'd really like to win it. Yes, I'd give up gum for health.
ReplyDeleteNice!!! I'll have to check this out!! I'll keep my eyes out for it :)
ReplyDeleteLooks like some awesome gum! It's great that it's vegan too =)
ReplyDeleteLove this! I usually use spry gum, but I am always looking for other choices. I love all the flavor options!
ReplyDeleteShannon and readers.
ReplyDeleteFirst, aspartame is approved in 100+ countries by all their regulatory agencies. It is perfectly safe used as instructed.
Second, aspartame claims (92 symptoms) are easily explained by PERSONAL health issues such as folate deficiency, folate enzyme issues (polymorphisms), homocysteine accrual, and/or B12 deficiency. If you want the UNDENIABLE truth Google 'PubMed', go there, and type the alleged symptom(s) in the search line, a comma, and either folate, folate deficiency, homocysteine or vitamin B12. For extra understanding the very interested person can also add folate polymorphisms to this list, but I only report its results below with the heart disease category. Find these results, heart disease first: heart disease, folate (1405); heart disease, folate deficiency (252), heart disease, homocysteine (2364); heart disease, vitamin B12 (691) [heart disease, folate polymorphisms (171). Be sure to read these independent citations and you will quickly understand they are far, far more relevant than anything connected to aspartame. Repeat and compare that with heart disease, aspartame (7). Then analyze these--the first can be excluded, because a spell checker induced typo-there is no such thing as ‘aspartame aminotransferase’. Spell checking errors have shown up alot lately arising from aspartate, the amino acid. The other citations can all be dismissed because folate status and these related issues were completely ignored, but with the numbers shown, these issues far better explain their results than could aspartame.
Repeat this process for multiple sclerosis and find the following numbers, folate (48); folate deficiency (20); homocysteine (41); vitamin B12 (134). FYI, multiple sclerosis fits with B12 far better than anything else. B12 deficiency is linked to vegetarianism and that must make one wonder about that a vegetarianism connection to multiple sclerosis. By the way there is only one connection between multiple sclerosis and aspartame; this same citation shows up frequently, but it is pure speculation, just like these unsubstantiated arguments.
Repeat this process again for autoimmune diseases like lupus, for example: folate (84); folate deficiency (21); homocysteine (157), and vitamin B12 (53). Again those alleging aspartame involvement NEVER evaluate the person’s underlying folate, homocysteine, or vitamin B12 status, so the one citation listed (#2) is dismissible. The other two are speculative (#1, above paragraph) or irrelevant, if not another spell check error?
Lastly, let’s try autism. There is only one speculative citation for any connection with aspartame, but many for the other issues: folate (71), folate deficiency (10), homocysteine (22), and vitamin B12 (19). In fact examine the following abstractless review http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22734130 that accompanies this scientific paper with an abstract, http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22586289.
See for yourself the failure of this conspiracy theory.
John E. Garst, Ph.D. (Medicinal Chemistry, Pharmacology, Toxicology, and Nutrition)