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The first artificial sweetener was lead-based, and killed the ancient Romans
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Today, we know how much lead can be dangerous if ingested, even small amounts of this metal. That is why the lead in the production of paints and children's toys are no longer used. However, in ancient Rome, chefs and winemakers worried just a taste, and they are not really thought about how it affects health. A lead acetate, as it turned out - it's incredibly tasty.
(Many poisons are bitter or sour taste, which may be the first warning that something that we're trying to eat, it is dangerous to our health. But "sugar of lead" this rule does not apply, and its taste is the main reason that the substance remained popular for so long).
Lead acetate, also known as the "sugar of lead" was the first in a long line of artificial sweeteners. Today we know that despite the fact that it looks safer salt, in fact it is an extremely toxic substance with a whole bunch of terrible side effects, such as dementia and infertility. Also acetate may lead to a denial of a number of internal organs.
It was the first time the Roman winemakers discovered that the acetate is (in their opinion) an excellent material, ideal for giving sweets to certain types of wine. Acetate not only gave good taste: it was getting much lighter than other sweeteners, such as natural honey, for example. And that's not all. In order to make wine more sweeter grapes winemakers often boiled in special containers made of lead. After adding in the wine "sugar of lead", the lead content in the beverage is about 1000 times higher than the maximum permissible concentration.
The use of lead acetate was not confined to wine. About a fifth of the recipes in the Roman cookbook of the fourth century contains, among other ingredients, and "sugar of lead." Moreover, this material is widely used today - for example, in the composition of lipstick.
The death of Pope Clement II is also associated with lead acetate. He died in 1047, the year under very mysterious circumstances, and only after many years it became clear that the reason was to lead poisoning. This is logical, especially when you consider that the pope carefully observe religious traditions and regularly consume red wine. For centuries, historians have studied the causes of the fall of Rome. Of course, there is no simple and unequivocal answer to what happened to the once mighty civilization. However, the version put forward were that lead poisoning has played a significant role in the fall of Rome.
via factroom.ru
Today, we know how much lead can be dangerous if ingested, even small amounts of this metal. That is why the lead in the production of paints and children's toys are no longer used. However, in ancient Rome, chefs and winemakers worried just a taste, and they are not really thought about how it affects health. A lead acetate, as it turned out - it's incredibly tasty.
(Many poisons are bitter or sour taste, which may be the first warning that something that we're trying to eat, it is dangerous to our health. But "sugar of lead" this rule does not apply, and its taste is the main reason that the substance remained popular for so long).
Lead acetate, also known as the "sugar of lead" was the first in a long line of artificial sweeteners. Today we know that despite the fact that it looks safer salt, in fact it is an extremely toxic substance with a whole bunch of terrible side effects, such as dementia and infertility. Also acetate may lead to a denial of a number of internal organs.
It was the first time the Roman winemakers discovered that the acetate is (in their opinion) an excellent material, ideal for giving sweets to certain types of wine. Acetate not only gave good taste: it was getting much lighter than other sweeteners, such as natural honey, for example. And that's not all. In order to make wine more sweeter grapes winemakers often boiled in special containers made of lead. After adding in the wine "sugar of lead", the lead content in the beverage is about 1000 times higher than the maximum permissible concentration.
The use of lead acetate was not confined to wine. About a fifth of the recipes in the Roman cookbook of the fourth century contains, among other ingredients, and "sugar of lead." Moreover, this material is widely used today - for example, in the composition of lipstick.
The death of Pope Clement II is also associated with lead acetate. He died in 1047, the year under very mysterious circumstances, and only after many years it became clear that the reason was to lead poisoning. This is logical, especially when you consider that the pope carefully observe religious traditions and regularly consume red wine. For centuries, historians have studied the causes of the fall of Rome. Of course, there is no simple and unequivocal answer to what happened to the once mighty civilization. However, the version put forward were that lead poisoning has played a significant role in the fall of Rome.
via factroom.ru
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