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A detail that has gone unnoticed for a long time is the blue color of the tongue of Karim Benzema when you play a game with him real Madrid. A scientific investigation has revealed the harmful reason for this particular fact.
The investigation was reviewed by the Spanish fear ‘El Confidencial’ and the reason why this color takes over the player’s organ is due to the consumption of a substance with nicotine. Apparently, several athletes believe that this substance helps them avoid “dry mouth syndrome” thanks to the fact that it helps with saliva production and even helps control body weight due to its satiating effect.
Benzema and other athletes would be consuming’snus’, a product known as ‘chewable tobacco’ and which has been banned for more than 20 years in the entire European Union except Sweden. This country can produce and sell it, but not export it.
Why do Karim Benzema and other footballers consume it?
Whoever consumes it can obtain the benefits of nicotine without the need to inhale and damage the respiratory system. The substance comes in small bags that dissolve in the mouth and are often flavored.
On several occasions the French forward has seen his tongue with a color that is not natural. El Confidencial cites the semifinals of the UEFA Champions League in 2018 against Bayern Munich. In that meeting, Karim was caught taking this substance. That day he scored two goals.
Thomas Zandonai is one of the researchers on this project and ensures that the consumption of this product is already causing problems in football. “In Spain we are not very familiar with snus, but in the Premier League it is causing big problems due to the increase in its footballers’ consumption.”
In this discipline, the percentage of players with nicotine levels is 26%. Even if they are not smoking, they indirectly consume tobacco.
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