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I am 37 years old and I have chewed chewing gum for as long as I can remember. The thing is, I have always swallowed it too. I just treat it as any food.
People used to say that it is indigestable and that it just stays in your stomach but I have never had gut problems!
Any thoughts on this? Should I stop now or is it too late for me?
Gum is digested faster than most foods. It lacks any real nutrients, so they body kicks it out of your system quickly. You're in no danger.
well...i answered yes to normal but i think you should try and stop. It cant be to good for you. And yes, i like to do it too once in a while.
I do it every time I get gum. I can't keep a packet of gum for more than two days XD. All of it swallowed!
Your fine, don't worry. It doesn't rot in you stomach for 7 years. If you are still concerned listen to a podcast on it from "stuff you should know"
I do this sometimes when theres no bin around, and it aint done any harm 2 me.
omg!
why do u swallow it? that sounds really scary...
i always thought that it does get stuck in the stomach, it might cause cancer on the stomach if it keeps on piling up! worst is it might get stucked on ur throat and u could die, coz u wouldn't be able to breath! u shud stop it dude.
When i was a kid me and my friends made a game out of seeing who can make the largest gum ball. So i was chewing about 3 packets of gum in my mouth while i was riding my bike really fast down a hill, believe it or not but when i opened my mouth to breath the wind pressure blew the gum straight down my throat before i had a chance to stop it, and it never caused me any dramas, so no.
dude.. its btter than swallowing your own hair. consider yourself lucky you dont have trichotillomania.
nothing happens, mabey its not the best idea nd no it dosent take seven years think about all the powerfull stomach acids.
The gum comes out in you poop the next day, ive seen all different colors in mine
Perfectly fine, the body doesn't digest itbut it just goes threw undigested, it's fine to swallow your gum.
It's complete bull that it all gets stuck in your stomach. :)
I can't resist swallowing hubba bubba apple flavour either.
i think the acid in your stomach is sufficient to digest the gum within at most a few days. :) granted, the consistency of gum is pretty hard to break down--as it is stretchy--but so are a lot of foods.
it takes 7 years for chewing gum to be digested, i will stop if i were u D: the only time i swollowed a chewing gum is when i was like 7 and i choked on it and couldent cough it up so i just swallowed it down :L
I has a funny story. When I was a kid my grandma said not to swallow chewing gum because I'd turn into a rubber ducky. Well when I was that age, I loved rubber duckies and thought it'd be fun to be one, so it made me want to swallow gum. Nothing all that bad happened from it that I can remember, but it's bad for your digestive system. It's just funny and cute to think about it now.
If you swallow a gum, it will come out almost unaltered though chewing gum is not designed to eat it, it is safe to swallow it, but I don't do that, only accidentally
This is a myth - As a few comments have stated, chewing gum does NOT stay in your system or get stuck. It has nothing to get stuck to, your internal digestive tract is like the inside of your cheek, you will have no problems caused by swallowing chewing gum.
it usually goes through your digestive system and out the other side, but dont swallow it alot of gum at once because it can clog you up and cause constipation, especially if other objects get lodged in it
That sour gum that you can buy in bulk at the grocery store, i eat that like candy. i'll eat a bunch at once, i cant help myself its so good.
I swallowing my chewing gum sometimes too and once I had the runs with a tummy bug and I saw bits of it in my poop, the same colour as when it went in so all this sticking to your insides is rubbish, think of all the other stuff we eat!
Someone once told me it takes 7 years for gum to digest. I believed it for a long time. But ever notice you can be chewing gum for about 8 hours and it falls apart in your mouth? So yeah, I think it breaks down before 7 years, lol.
Thats kind of funny I always thought it was weird that people thought it was weird that I swallowed my gum, and it's just a myth that gum is not digestible.
Its too late - you will die shortly!
Ha! Kidding you. Its just food basically - not the best, but digestible. The biggest thing will be you teeth.
I swallow my gum on a pretty regular basis. If there isn't a trash can within ten feet, or I'm in class or something, I swallow (ha). If I'm close enough to a trash can, or outside, I usually throw it away.
I don't think it's really that bad for you, but I wouldn't swallow a whole lot of gum at once. That might give you some problems.
I used to do it as well, but I quit doing it. Because it sticks on the walls of the intestines and you may think nothing internally is going on, but there probably is. It takes sometimes three to seven years for it to flush out of the body. I'd watch that habit of yours.
It does not stick to the walls of the stomach any more than it sticks to the inside of your mouth. Your stomach is continuously coated with a relatively thick layer of mucus that prevents your stomach acid from eating away at your stomach lining. Your intestines are also coated in a mucus that facilitates the movement of digested food through your bowels. There is nothing in your intestinal tract for gum to "stick" to. That's just silly. Any gum that you swallow is passed through your intestines the same way that other things that aren't digestible are - ever seen corn again the next day?
Granted, it's probably not the best idea....one day you might choke or something. Is it really that difficult to just get a tissue or something?
You are a dead, dead man.....(swings head side-to-side while typing)
Kidding....see you on the other side....~(8(|) That, is Homer Simpson, The guy who spoke for him, Died from Swallowing gum!!! O_O AND I am just..........................kidding agian and you are going to have Chewing Gum* in your "BEER GUT!!!!!!!!!!!!" You are an odd, stupid man (not really, just odd) So, I will comment agian, in like 10 MinUteS!!!!