If gum stays in your stomach for 7 years...!


Question: If gum stays in your stomach for 7 years!.!.!.
Does that mean if you eat a stomach full of gum, you won't have to eat for another 7 years!?Www@FoodAQ@Com


Answers:
Eh well it doesn't stay in your stomach,
it just isn't digested and comes out how it looks when it went in!.!.ha!.

That would be pretty cool though!.Www@FoodAQ@Com

"You've probably heard that if you swallow your chewing gum, it will stay in your stomach for seven years!. If gum stayed in your stomach, it would dissolve in the highly acidic environment (pH 1-3) long before the seven years had passed!. Gum doesn't stay in your stomach, but continues on into your intestines, eventually finding its way out of your system in pretty much the same condition as when you swallowed it!. In rare cases, however, frequently swallowing your gum could lead to the development of an intestinal stone, called a bezoar or enterolith!. These form when a difficult-to-digest substance gets tangled or trapped, eventually calcifying and basically becoming a permanent addition to your digestive system!."

-Quoted from http://chemistry!.about!.com/b/2006/11/09/!.!.!.Www@FoodAQ@Com

Seriously, gum does not stay in your stomach for 7 years!. That's just an old wives tale!. If it took 7 years your stomach would be full of gum already!. Although, it does stay for 3 days!. So yeah, i guess you couldn't eat for 3 days!Www@FoodAQ@Com

isn't it funny you eat corn on the cob Saturday and Monday you find corn in your poo!.!. isn't it funny you eat pizza friday night and on Sunday in church you pass Italian gas!.!.
sorry your idea is SO d mn!.!.Www@FoodAQ@Com

Gum can't stay in your stomach for 7 years!.!. That is just an old wives tale!.!. The acids in your stomach and intestines will digest, and expel it!.!.Www@FoodAQ@Com

it is not true, but if it was, i would chew on another piece of gum for the chewiness!.Www@FoodAQ@Com

It doesn't stay in your stomach for 7 years, it's just like any food, it passesWww@FoodAQ@Com

no such possibility!.Www@FoodAQ@Com

It doesn't actually stay in your stomach for 7 years!. That was a myth!.Www@FoodAQ@Com

I've wondered this but I'm not stupid enough to actually try it haha!.Www@FoodAQ@Com

it doesnt, thats a myth
you digest and poop it out with the rest of your foodWww@FoodAQ@Com

Nah, it comes out!. lolWww@FoodAQ@Com





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