what really happens to gum after you swallow it?

Answer 1

it passes through your digestive system like everything else

Answer 2

Chewing gum has been part of human culture since at least 7,000 BC, the approximate date to which masses of prehistoric tar marked with teeth imprints can be traced. The Greeks, North American Indians, and other people indigenous to North America have all chewed gum for millennia, it is believed. The first patented chewing gum hit shelves in the US in 1869.
Today, chewing gum comprises a hefty portion of the $21 billion American candy industry. Yet gastrointestinal illnesses attributed to chewing gum appear to be few and far between. Since gum is typically chewed in small pieces, a single swallowed piece will travel the expected digestive path and pass—primarily intact—in the stool in just a few days time.
Conclusion
Documentation of intestinal blockages due to chewing gum seem to point only to a danger in swallowing excessive amounts of chewing gum repeatedly, as opposed to swallowing a single piece occasionally. Although the gum base itself is indigestible, a small piece of chewing gum can pass easily through the digestive tract in the same time it would take digestive waste to travel the same path and be eliminated.
The seven-year myth may have sprung from a misconception of gum’s digestibility based on the look and feel of gum. After all, it doesn’t dissolve in your mouth like other foods. Or, maybe it was mom’s clever way of scaring you into not swallowing your gum and freeing up your mouth for another piece!

it passes thur your system just like every thing else done the acids in your stomach break them down just like food

Answer 3

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.


Sugar-free gum, whether swallowed or chewed in large amounts, can cause digestive problems (said by Dr. Weil)

Answer 4

It gets caught up in your bowel, and then, with luck it will pass through as nature takes its course.

Answer 5

your stomach acids break it down immediatly

Answer 6

it goes thru your digestive tract and then you poop it out