![]() ![]() ![]() Wintergreen oil is POSSIBLY UNSAFE to take by mouth. It can cause problems from fever to vomiting to respiratory melt-down and, according to doses of less than a teaspoon have been toxic in small children Are wintergreen LifeSavers good for you? Can you eat too many Lifesaver mints?īefore you go on that all Wint-O-Green Lifesaver diet, you should know that methyl salicylate has a dirty little secret:it’s toxic. Each serving has 0.7 grams of sugar, around a quarter teaspoon of sugar. LifeSavers Mints are a fantastic choice for a snack if you’re on a diet Life Savers Mints include 60 calories and 15 grams of carbs per serving. The candy contains no sugar, fat, cholesterol, or potentially dangerous substances. Each pound of Brach’s Starbrite Peppermint Disks contains approximately 75 pieces. With their vibrant red and white stripes, these make an iconic addition to any candy display. Peppermint Star Brites are the only mint made with an essense of real peppermint oil. What candy has real peppermint?Ī: Hi, the ingredients are: SUGAR, CORN SYRUP, NATURAL FLAVOR, STEARIC ACID. If you do this to a Wint-O-Green Life Saver, you can see a much greater amount of light (blue sparks!) due to the wintergreen flavoring or methyl salicylate. This is due to triboluminescence, which is the emission of light resulting from something being smashed or torn. What are peppermint Life Savers made of?Ī: Hi, the ingredients are: SUGAR, CORN SYRUP, NATURAL FLAVOR, STEARIC ACID. Each serving has 15 grams of carbohydrates, 0 grams of protein, and only 1.5 grams of sugar. They’re an excellent snack for the whole family, with only 60 calories per serving. The nutritional data for Life Savers Mints are a terrific way to know exactly what you’re eating. The authoritative record of NPR’s programming is the audio record.Do peppermint Life Savers have real peppermint? This text may not be in its final form and may be updated or revised in the future. NPR transcripts are created on a rush deadline by an NPR contractor. Visit our website terms of use and permissions pages at for further information. (SOUNDBITE OF DON VOEGLI'S "VARIATION ON THE ALL THINGS CONSIDERED THEME")Ĭopyright © 2021 NPR. Tomorrow, she has a very different memory from the 1980s. Hurry.įLATOW: Closer edited by Ted Clark and produced by Neal Conan.ĬHANG: That's NPR's Susan Stamberg with a favorite memory from our program's first decade. This match is starting to burn my fingers. STAMBERG: Public radio stations KVLU, Beaumont, Texas, WUOM Ann Arbor contributed to tonight's program, which was directed by Maury Schlesinger. And what she said to me was, Susan, what were you doing going into a closet with a young man?įLATOW: And for this evening, that's ALL THINGS CONSIDERED. And I have to tell you that my mother heard that. STAMBERG: And that's the way it was - ALL THINGS CONSIDERED, age 8. You think Walter Cronkite started like this? STAMBERG: Have another LifeSaver (crunching). It's one of the mysteries of science that never gets explained. And they said they've done some research on it, but they really have no explanation. It's very hard to talk and chew at the same time.įLATOW: Nobody could explain this. STAMBERG: I mean, nobody could explain this. I hope we're not encouraging - (crunching).įLATOW: It looked like a little bit of lightning, a little sparkle of lightning. STAMBERG: This is very bad for your teeth, though. Oh, I want to do this, too, Ira.įLATOW: All right, you try it. STAMBERG: I saw a flash of kind of greenish light just for a fraction of a second. IRA FLATOW: OK, now we have to get to where we can see each other crunching.įLATOW: And then you watch and see what happens. We had long cords on our microphones, and we went into a very dark closet. This intrepid science reporter, Ira, had bought two packs of Wint O Greens and invited me into the closet next to our studio. Ira Flatow was substitute hosting with me that day, and he brought in a story about Wint O Green LifeSavers - that they made sparks when you chewed them in the dark. By the time this favorite 1970s memory aired, we were having a lot of fun. Sometimes, they were brilliant, sometimes, not. We asked her to share an on-air highlight. That's right - 50 years ago.ĬORNISH: NPR's own Susan Stamberg - she went on to become the first woman to anchor a nightly national news program. SUSAN STAMBERG, BYLINE: I may be ALL THINGS CONSIDERED's longest listener. May 3 may not seem like much, but it is the date that this show first hit the airwaves way back in 1971.ĬORNISH: Lew Alcindor had just led the Milwaukee Bucks to an NBA title.ĬHANG: National Public Radio may not have had many listeners that first broadcast, but those who did tune in tended to stay around for more. ![]()
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