Where's the proof swallowing your gum is bad? And why don't they put it on the package if it's SO BAD?
2006-07-21 02:10:40 · 7 answers · asked by becca_reese 1 in Food & Drink ➔ Other - Food & Drink
They don't put a warning on the package because the stories of deaths, seven years to digest, gum refusing to exit the system, etc. are old wives tales.
For more info on just how false all of the gum-swallowing stories are, check out Snopes' article on it:
http://www.snopes.com/oldwives/chewgum.asp
2006-07-21 02:25:06 · answer #1 · answered by Mel 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I t takes 4 whole month 2 digest. I swallowed chewing gum and for 4 mouths i had really bad stomach eache and at the end I had to go into hospital it was that serious!
2006-07-21 02:35:32 · answer #2 · answered by KS 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Swallowing gum is not bad. It won't digest in your stomach for 7 years, it won't block your colon, blah blah blah...
Like Jen said, It'll just come out with your next "poopy."
And I'd like to see a source on some statistics on how many people died from swallowing gum. ?:-.
If you would die from swallowing gum, it would be mandatory for them to tell you, just like the Surgeon's General warning on cigarettes, so people can't go around sueing all willy nilly because they didn't "know" smoking or swallowing gum would kill you.
Common sense...
2006-07-21 02:20:14 · answer #3 · answered by jthreattix 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Yes it is bad, people have died from it. It can form blockages through out you body & make you very sick. They don't put it on the wrapper because they feel people are smart enough to just spit it out when it loses flavor or what not.
2006-07-21 02:15:16 · answer #4 · answered by sftballgrl48328 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
I heard it takes about 4 years for it to digest......
2006-07-21 02:13:23 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
They don't put it there cause it'll come out again with your next poopy.
2006-07-21 02:13:28 · answer #6 · answered by BarbieQ 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
You could choke
2006-07-21 02:13:33 · answer #7 · answered by musiclover 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋