• Question: Does chewing gum stay in your stomach for 7 years?

    Asked by Katie and Abby to Clare, Glafkos, Paul, Samantha on 16 Mar 2015.
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      Glafkos Havariyoun answered on 16 Mar 2015:

      Nope ! Apparently it only takes a couple of days to come out ! That doesn’t mean it’s ok to swallow chewing gum! (I do it all the time :/)

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      Clare Devery answered on 16 Mar 2015:

      Nope, the digestive system does its thing on gum the same as every other food. No one needs a minty fresh stomach though so I wouldn’t bother putting your body through all the extra work needed to break it down!

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      anon answered on 16 Mar 2015:

      No it doesn’t – just a scary story to scare us all!

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      Samantha Terry answered on 16 Mar 2015:

      no clue!

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      Paul Booker answered on 16 Mar 2015:

      I really doubt it – your stomach is pretty concentrated acid after all! I do remember it being one of those things people said to you at school if you did accidentally swallow gum though. After checking wiki there’s even a bit of an article about it there which dismisses it directly! I wouldn’t worry about it if you have inadvertently swallowed gum before. 🙂 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chewing_gum#Swallowed_gum

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