How long does it take to digest gum?
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7 years dude! I'm still waiting 3.5 years for the last piece.
HELLO! It was a JOKE!
You shouldn't swollow gum... it'll make you constapated.
seven yrs, rite?
NOT the 7 years as in the old wives tale.
Please read this article. It will tell you everything you need to know.
http://www.snopes.com/oldwives/chewgum.a...
I have always heard 7 years, but Im pretty sure it would pass thru your system in the normal 8 hours.
depends but not 7 years because gum detearates
I heard it took 7 years.
Did you swallow it? lol
the same as any food, the enzymes in the stomach will do away with it!
nope u cant digest gum cuz we dont have enzyme for that
You really shouldn't swallow it but it takes about 7 yrs.
u can't digest gum as ur body lacks enzymes and acids powerful enough to break it down. it just passes through ur large intestine undigested. it should pass out in no more than 2 days.
3 WEEKS
it won't make you constipated and it takes about 5 - 7 hrs
I thought it was 7 years..
If gum were to stay in your digestive system it would take seven years to break down, but it will pass through your digestive sytem within 24 hours without being fully digested. Kinda like corn.
i don`t know.. perhaps as long as every meal does but i know that it gives you pain
A long time hun
it doesn't really break down and digest, but if you swallowed some, it should be out the other way in a few days...
The same amount of time it takes to digest most food. Stomach enzymes are serious stuff. Those old myths about how gum stays in your stomach for weeks is nonsense.
It's like corn, it will pop out visibly the next day.
It doesn't take too long. I swallowed a piece of bubble gum once, and just a couple days later I had the hugest bubble in the bathroom. I tried to take a picture, but it popped and I had gum all over my ***.
No longer then anything else you eat. You pass it as you would anything else you eat, no difference.
It is an old wives tale that said not to swallow gum because it takes years to digest.
Chewing gum does resist complete digestion by the body; it is generally expelled like other foods in 95% of individuals, though relatively unchanged. In rare cases, some individuals who have been known to swallow chewing-gum regularly and who are predisposed can aid the growth of bezoars within their stomachs or intestines
Longer than it takes to make its way through the digestion system.
I dont really know, but my cousin swallowed gum when she was young and it clogged something in her stomach, in effect she was constepated
She went to the doctor, the doctor gave her several medications, it dnt work.
A neighbor gave her some herbal tea(srry i dnt know what it is)and the gum came out.
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