What actually happens to chewing gum when you swallow it?!
Question: What actually happens to chewing gum when you swallow it?
is the whole, "it takes 7 years to digest" thing, true?
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better buy the bootees now cos in 9 months you'll be saying hello to your very own baby son
sure he's made out of chewing gum but you can't have everything
Swallowed chewing gum cannot be digested so it passes through the system undigested.
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Its not atall a problem dont fear doctors say that bubble gum cleans up all the dirt parts in the digestion process. It takes away the junk present left over in the walls of the stomach .
the 7 year thing is FALSE!! since your stomach cannot break it apart it literally "goes through your system"!
my mom is a doctor!
It is not true.nor can the gum get stuck on your tonsils.
Swallowed chewing gum is digested in the same way as any other foodstuffs swallowed
Not at all
It goes through your body like any other substance it just cannot be broken down into useful nutrients.
Eating pennies
It will be expelled in a couple of days lol.
GP for more years than I care to remember