Where does gum go when you swallow it?!


Question:

Where does gum go when you swallow it?


Answers:
It goes the same route as any other food.

in your stumache and stays there for 7 years!

Throat to stomach to large intestine to small intestine to colon then expelled as waste matter.

through your intestinal system and the you end up flushing it when done.

into the terlit

The same place as everything else you swallow, at the same approximate rate. The 7 years thing is a myth made up by parents trying to get their kids to avoid swallowing gum (check on snopes)

i heard it stays in your stomach for 3 years & dissolves after.

in that end and out the other the 7 year thing is a old wives tale




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