Myth #44: If You Swallow Chewing Gum, it Will Get Stuck

Have you come across the exaggerated tale that chewing gum takes up residence in your digestive system for a whopping seven years? It’s time to burst that bubble! While it’s true that gum is more resilient to digestion than regular food, it doesn’t stick around like an unwelcome guest.

Your body’s amazing digestive system processes it just like any other indigestible material, eventually escorting it out the backdoor, so to speak. The notion of gum lingering for seven years is nothing more than folklore, not grounded in scientific reality.