Potassium alum has a variety of uses in our world. It is used in the preparation of flour and cheese and is used in OTC oral health products as an astringent.It can also be used for water clarification, seafood preservation, and pickling.otassium alum is not an antiperspirant active and products containing potassium alum have been found not to reduce sweat production in clinical testing. Potassium alum does contain aluminum, so in our Natural Confidence mineral salt roll-on products there is a low level of aluminum.
These three crops form the center of Mesoamerican agriculture. Maize, beans, and squash form a triad of products, commonly referred to as the . Three Sisters , that provided the people of Mesoamerica a complementing nutrient triangle.
Maize was developed from a wild grass (Teosinte) originally growing in Central America (southern Mexico) 7,000 years ago. The ancestral kernels of Teosinte looked very different from today's corn. These kernels were small and were not fused together like the kernels on the husked ear of early maize and modern corn. By systematically collecting and cultivating those plants best suited for human consumption, Native Americans encouraged the formation of ears or cobs on early maize.