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Does gum take 7 years to digest after you've swallowed it?
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does it take 7 years to digest gum after you swallow it?
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gum does not take seven years to digest.gum does not digest at all.it dosent digest because of what its made of.in rare cases gum would get stuck in your stimach and become a addition to your digestive system.permenantly.i hope that will clear up all these questions about gum.
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Just a myth. Our stomachs don't digest gum at all! Made from soluble fiber, chewing gum passes right through us. So gum is eliminated with the rest of your waste, usually a day or two after you eat it. Swallowing gum is not considered harmful.
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thanks 4 telling that becuase my niece always swallows her gum it used to make me worried
No it aculy takes 8 years because the sticky substance in the gum ataches to your digeting system. So your body has to contiue to digest the gum. If you swallow gum this will not harm you
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No, gum actually just passes through your body at the same rate as any other foods. However it is undigestable so when it does come out it will not be broken down so will still be in it's same form. The idea that it takes 7 years to digest is nothing than just a myth which was thought to be true because of the idea of it being 'undigestible'.
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I thought that gum took 8 yrs. to digest and i am never going to swallow another piece again now that i know my stomach will not digest it.
You should swallow it either way it has to come out some time....if you know what i mean You rock my world Billy Joe Pete <3333 Rebeca Vern Dilly
i always thought that it took 7 years but i guess the 7 years is just a myth!lol! i swollowed my gum one time and i thought that it would never come out until 7 years later but i was wrong! i feel so stupid!lol!jk! but the reason i thought that it wasnt a myth was because my friends had always told me that it took 7 years to digest in the human stomach but yep i wassssssss wrong!lol!lmao!jk!rofl!