2006-12-31 12:56:57 · 8 answers · asked by ? 3 in Health ➔ Other - Health
This is a sticky question. Parents who would prefer that their child not eat gum are inclined to tell them that if swallowed it will either stay in the stomach for seven years, or end up in the appendix along with the chewed-off fingernails and other non-digestibles that children tend to love to consume.
But the truth of the matter is that what goes in, must come out. The regular activity of the digestive tract makes it nearly impossible for anything, even gum, to stick around. Gum is made up of a gum base (resin), sweeteners, preservatives and flavorings. The sugars are absorbed by the body, and the undigestable resin is passed along the digestive tract and eliminated with a bowel movement within a day or two.
2006-12-31 13:03:35 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
That's just something parents tell their kids to keep them from swallowing gum. It's lumpy and odd-shaped but doesn't break up and flow like regular chewed food so a kid could choke on it.
2006-12-31 21:04:10 · answer #2 · answered by John's Secret Identity™ 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
70 years
2006-12-31 20:59:48 · answer #3 · answered by alec c 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
I don't think it's true. If it was, then I probably would have died before I was 10 years old.
2006-12-31 21:05:10 · answer #4 · answered by Bill S 1 · 0⤊ 1⤋
no. ur body gets rid of it when u take a crap
2006-12-31 21:07:20 · answer #5 · answered by Vikki[Rawhr] 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
ha ha ha ha no.......it passes out when you get rid of the other waste your body doesn't need.
2006-12-31 20:59:37 · answer #6 · answered by Elizabeth C. 3 · 1⤊ 1⤋
No, more like one day.
2006-12-31 20:59:27 · answer #7 · answered by fade_this_rally 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
well thats wat pipol say that wen u swall a gum it reamains in your body for seven years no one noes if it true!!!
wen you find tell me !!!=]
2006-12-31 21:00:21 · answer #8 · answered by omfggkarinaaa 2 · 0⤊ 2⤋