My aunt told me it would take 7 years to digest when I was a kid. I assume it doesnt take 7 years but I dont know how good for you it is.
2007-01-03 00:38:48 · 12 answers · asked by atpdc 1 in Health ➔ Other - Health
A lot of people have the wrong idea about what happens if you swallow a piece of chewing gum, so we're glad to set the record straight! Chewing gum has five basic ingredients - sweeteners, corn syrup, softeners, flavors and gum base (the part that puts the "chew" in chewing gum). The first four ingredients are soluble, meaning they dissolve in your mouth as you chew. Gum base doesn't. And although it isn't meant to be swallowed, if it is, it simply passes through your system, just like popcorn or any other form of roughage. This normally takes only a few days.
2007-01-03 00:48:51 · answer #1 · answered by sticbaby03 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Your aunt is wrong. I've always swallowed my gum. It never hurt me. Furthermore, everyone that really knows something about the digestive system will tell you the same. It just goes in one end, and out the other. Now quit sticking gum in under the seats of chairs !
2007-01-03 00:50:16 · answer #2 · answered by Count Acumen 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
My sisters a nurse and she says the only negative thing that can happen is from the kind of gum that's loaded with sugar because it puts on the pounds, other than that no worries.
2007-01-03 00:43:13 · answer #3 · answered by lonestarlady 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
i dont know if it would take 7 years to digest, but im sure that its not somethin good
2007-01-03 00:48:24 · answer #4 · answered by looly james 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Its an old thing that people beleive, they belevie it gets stuck in your throte but its achully not bad to swallow it.
2007-01-03 00:41:47 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
your body will push it through its system just like food.....that is just and old myth told to kids to get them to not swallow gum...
2007-01-03 00:41:55 · answer #6 · answered by cyborg_2099 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
i have swallowed plenty of gum, and it doesn't hurt me a bit
2007-01-03 00:41:36 · answer #7 · answered by Jake 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I've done it before. It was safe for me although my mum always says it sticks to your stomach or throat.
2007-01-03 00:42:43 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes it is ok however it is not digestable.
2007-01-03 00:47:12 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
wives tale it all ends up at the same place the toilet bowl
2007-01-03 00:40:26 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋