Swallowing Gum

swallowing gum can be a traumatic event if you believe this old wives tale. Especially if you're just a kid. Does gum really stay in your stomach for seven years? That's doubtful. But what does happen to gum? Where did this myth come from? Does it have any Why does the phrase "Mom said" have such magic growing up? It's why many of us didn't snack before meals, swallow gum or crack our knuckles. It's also why we fed a cold and starved a fever, ate our vegetables and wore clean underwear. Apparently 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 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 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 We've all heard the warning: Don't swallow your gum or it stays in your stomach for seven years. But is that really true? "That's just an old wives' tale," says Jake Deutsch, MD, founder and clinical director of CURE Urgent Care. (Phew!) In reality, gum .

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. 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 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 And, last but not the least, we swallow plenty of chewing gum. Chewing gum, in its original form, is believed to go back to the Stone Age. And somewhere along the course of its long history, the myth that ‘swallowed chewing gum will sit in your stomach .

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