You Put What in Your Mouth????

    So the title of this post is probably making you wonder what the heck I'm talking about, right? Well ladies and gentlemen do not worry I didn't read some steamy romance book. In fact, this book was far from it. This is What You Just Put In Your Mouth? is filled with information on foods and non food items that we eat or use in our everyday lives. The author speaks about the ingredients of everyday products from coffee to play-doh.
    This book is split into two parts, the first being strictly items that go into your mouth, the second are things you really should not be putting in your mouth. Each "chapter" of the book is titled with the item and a description of each ingredient and what its role is within the product. Some of the products spoken of also have a backstory where the author tells us his story about the pain in the butt process to get the information he needed as well the testing of the product and his results.
    The information I learned from this book is crazy! For example, I am never going to use fabric softener like ever, well at least not the Downy brand. Basically the product contains rendered fat from cattle, sheep, or horses-ingredient name: Dihydrogenated Tallow Dimethyl Ammonium Chloride. This fat, when mixed with ammonium, then in turn layers your clothes in a thin layer of the fat, therefore, blocking absorbency.  So let's say you bought some towels to use for your hands and body. You dry them with the fabric softener after washing and bam! your towels are no longer as absorbent as when you bought them and defeating their purpose. So, the next time you pick up that fabric softener, maybe check the ingredients first before you considering purchasing.
    Cool Whip was another product whose ingredients baffled me. Polysorbate 60 is probably something you've never even heard of unless you actually pay attention to the label on the Cool Whip package and oh, maybe sexual lubricants as well. Shocking right? I thought so too.
    Egg Nog was another big one with a lot of drama behind it. If you're a big eggnog drinker or are someone whose only just seen it in a glass, you know it's yellow in color. Yellow though is not its natural color. The author goes into a deep backstory about how eggnog was not supposed to contain any ingredients such as turmeric, yellow #5, or annatto to add to its coloring. The eggs themselves are not near the sufficient amount to give the color. Supposedly those three ingredients could lead to breaking the law. Crazy right? In the end we found out that this law is not really relevant anymore, if you want to know why I would suggest picking up the book and reading that chapter because it's pretty long, but still very interesting.

    This book is definitely an entertaining and interesting read. I would like to thank bloggingforbooks.com for supplying me with it as well! If you're interested in my blog and would like to receive notification for when i post you can enter your email address on the top right hand side of this page. Any questions or comments? Please leave them below! Thanks everyone and have fun reading!

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