Swallowing Chewing Gum

The warning has been passed from parent to child for generations: Don’t swallow your chewing gum. Your body can’t digest it, and it will be stuck in your stomach for seven years. At least part of this urban myth is accurate. It’s true your body can For generations, parents have told their children never to swallow chewing gum, lest it sit undigested for days, weeks or even years. This is, for the most part, an old wives’ tale. Swallowed chewing gum typically passes through the digestive tract It's true your body can't digest most of the gum, but it's not going to hang around for nearly a decade. The stomach does a great job of moving things in and out of our system. If you swallow a piece of chewing gum, your stomach muscles are going to Indexation of tax thresholds could also be something of a poison pill for future Labour-led Government to swallow, forced to incrementally off finance minister Michael Cullen's so-called "chewing gum Budget" in 2005. It was a phrase coined by Winston We’ve all heard the tale: Whenever you swallow gum, it stays in your stomach for years; sometimes seven, sometimes ten, depending on who’s giving the warning. Over the years, as the story goes, all the chewing gum can build up and cause serious issues. Does swallowed gum really stay in Your stomach for seven years? Well, does it That's likely why they warned kids not to swallow it. It's also true that chewing gum left on the bedpost overnight will lose it's flavor, but it's hardly a tragedy, although .

IN THIS SERIES, TheJournal.ie takes a look at an urban myth, old wives’ tale, or something that your mammy told you years ago to see if there’s any truth in it. If you’re a regular chewer of gum, you’ve encountered this situation at some point London - It is an urban myth that terrifies young children. Swallow a piece of chewing gum and it will take seven years to pass through your gut before it is digested. Or so they say. An even hoarier tale has it that swallowed gum can wrap itself around It's only then that a refrain from childhood echoes through your mind: "Don't swallow chewing gum—it will stay in your system for seven years!" As the minty mass descends into your digestive abyss, you wonder: "Will I really be part Wrigley for years to As children we’re told we mustn’t swallow chewing gum because it will take seven years to digest. Until then, we are led to believe, it will lie there in your stomach, oblivious to the usual bodily processes that break down and process foods. .

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