I just clicked on an inane MSN article about whether or not gum really takes seven years to digest… The verdict is a resounding no!
- Nope, says Cynthia Yoshida, M.D., director of the Women’s Gastrointestinal Clinic at the University of Virginia. “If you swallow a tooth, a penny or even gum, it goes right through your system,” she says. “Although it’s sticky, gum does not attach itself to the well-lubricated lining of the gastrointestinal tract.”
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