2007-08-10 09:05:16 · 25 answers · asked by ariyhasmine 1 in Health ➔ Diet & Fitness
7 years dude! I'm still waiting 3.5 years for the last piece.
HELLO! It was a JOKE!!!
2007-08-10 09:11:25 · answer #1 · answered by Mommymonster 7 · 1⤊ 5⤋
If gum were to stay in your digestive system it would take seven years to break down, but it will pass through your digestive sytem within 24 hours without being fully digested. Kinda like corn.
2007-08-10 09:11:45 · answer #2 · answered by P.I. Staker 3 · 4⤊ 0⤋
Chewing gum does resist complete digestion by the body; it is generally expelled like other foods in 95% of individuals, though relatively unchanged. In rare cases, some individuals who have been known to swallow chewing-gum regularly and who are predisposed can aid the growth of bezoars within their stomachs or intestines
2007-08-10 09:13:50 · answer #3 · answered by SirSnoozeAlot 4 · 3⤊ 0⤋
The same amount of time it takes to digest most food. Stomach enzymes are serious stuff. Those old myths about how gum stays in your stomach for weeks is nonsense.
2007-08-10 09:12:44 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 2⤋
It doesn't take too long. I swallowed a piece of bubble gum once, and just a couple days later I had the hugest bubble in the bathroom. I tried to take a picture, but it popped and I had gum all over my ***.
2007-08-10 09:12:56 · answer #5 · answered by Mickey Mouse Spears 7 · 2⤊ 1⤋
Longer than it takes to make its way through the digestion system.
2007-08-10 09:18:27 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
No longer then anything else you eat. You pass it as you would anything else you eat, no difference.
It is an old wives tale that said not to swallow gum because it takes years to digest.
2007-08-10 09:13:29 · answer #7 · answered by Aundrea 5 · 3⤊ 0⤋
u can't digest gum as ur body lacks enzymes and acids powerful enough to break it down. it just passes through ur large intestine undigested. it should pass out in no more than 2 days.
2007-08-10 09:11:39 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 4⤊ 0⤋
depends but not 7 years because gum detearates
2007-08-10 09:10:57 · answer #9 · answered by Jo ☺♫ ♥ 3 · 3⤊ 0⤋
I dont really know, but my cousin swallowed gum when she was young and it clogged something in her stomach, in effect she was constepated
She went to the doctor, the doctor gave her several medications, it dnt work.
A neighbor gave her some herbal tea(srry i dnt know what it is)and the gum came out.
2007-08-10 09:24:01 · answer #10 · answered by jannette 1 · 1⤊ 1⤋
NOT the 7 years as in the old wives tale.
Please read this article. It will tell you everything you need to know.
http://www.snopes.com/oldwives/chewgum.asp
2007-08-10 09:10:46 · answer #11 · answered by Anonymous · 5⤊ 0⤋