Spit Or Swallow?
After chewing a piece of gum, do you spit it out or swallow it?
I swallow (my gum). Several people have commented to me in the past that they think it’s gross. I don’t understand. I don’t chew up a piece of licorice and then spit it in the garbage. Or toast, or pickles, or anything for that matter. Why do some people view gum differently from other food items we eat?
We’ve all heard the myths about chewing gum. No, it doesn’t take 7 years to digest. In fact, gum digests just as fast as anything else we swallow and is not harmful.
11/2/2007 at 6:18pm
sure
10/13/2007 at 12:29am
LISTEN UP SAY GOOD BYE TO YOUR INTESTINES, THEY’RE GONE!
10/13/2007 at 12:27am
DO NOT SWALLOW GUM, IT WILL RIP YOUR INTESTINES OU THOUGH YOUR BUTT! …………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………LOL!
9/19/2007 at 4:52pm
I too appear to have a problem. If I have gum, I eat it.I was recently give a bag of 60 pieces and I ate it all within 3 days! I don’t do that often however, if gum is near, gum should fear! Cause I’m a beast who has to eat it. How sick am I? And how sick can this make me?
7/28/2007 at 12:18am
Im addicted to gum..if I have a pack of gum, its gone with in an hour. Its only if its with me or around when I end up eating almost all of it…when one peice loses its flavor, I just swallow it and put another in my mouth..all though sometimes I do spit, just cause I dont want to go to the hospital again. I went to the hospital when I was 10 years old…they thought it was my penisides or however u spell it, but found out that it was because I had swallowed too much gum..the doctor told me that swallowing gum is not healthy…and if I kept doing it..it could affect me inside. He had a lady before that had to get a hole in the side of her stomach and a bag attached for her waste and her pee…she no longer could pee normally or poo normally…and had to be operated on…ALL from chewing gum…true story….
BUT i still chew gum..and im fine…but I give myself breaks now and then… and stay away from the chew