If you swallow gum does it really stay in your body for seven years?!
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I takes one to three days, the same length of time it takes anything to pass through your digestive system. Gum base can't be digested so it will pass through your system in one piece.
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no its just a myth altho u shudnt make a habit of swallowing it regularly
No, that's just a myth. It usually makes it way out in the same amount of time as other foods do.
no but its hard 4 ur body 2 digest it
"Though your stomach can't break down a piece of gum the same way it breaks down other food, your digestive system can move it along through normal intestinal activity (in other words, it comes out the other end.) 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. It starts traveling down your esophagus, into your stomach, enters the small intestine, and makes its way to the large intestine. This normally takes only a few days."
http://www.sixwise.com/newsletters/05/09/21/gum.htm
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