It's a medical Myth....
I quote,
1: Chewing gum takes seven years to pass through your digestive system.
ANSWER: False. The gum component itself is pretty indigestible, but will "pass" in a mass and will not stick your insides together, either. This one probably got going when exasperated parents tired of buying more gum after half an hour because their kids had chomped, then swallowed, their allotment. Also, swallowing gum was seen as ignorant and lower class.
It's OK to swallow the occasional watermelon seed, too, unless you suffer from intestinal inflammation. Doctors are pretty sure watermelon seeds do not grow into full-fledged watermelons!
However, Chewing gum can lead to Aerophagia (Swallowed air) which leads to increased gas in the gut, leading to "Flatulence" or more popularly GAS!!! Ewww
I quote,
1: Chewing gum takes seven years to pass through your digestive system.
ANSWER: False. The gum component itself is pretty indigestible, but will "pass" in a mass and will not stick your insides together, either. This one probably got going when exasperated parents tired of buying more gum after half an hour because their kids had chomped, then swallowed, their allotment. Also, swallowing gum was seen as ignorant and lower class.
It's OK to swallow the occasional watermelon seed, too, unless you suffer from intestinal inflammation. Doctors are pretty sure watermelon seeds do not grow into full-fledged watermelons!
However, Chewing gum can lead to Aerophagia (Swallowed air) which leads to increased gas in the gut, leading to "Flatulence" or more popularly GAS!!! Ewww
