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*Health Issues>>>Diet & Fitness issues>>>how long does it take for the human digestive system to break down chewing gum? |
Issue how long does it take for the human digestive system to break down chewing gum? Best Tip As sticky as chewing gum might appear to be outside the body, once it's sent down the alimentary canal it's no more remarkable in that respect than most anything else we swallow. Although gum resists the body's efforts to break it down (hence the 'indigestible' designation), it does not linger in the stomach. Gum is eliminated as human waste in the same way 鈥?and at the same rate 鈥?as any other swallowed matter. Granted, it comes out the far end relatively unchanged by the trip, but it does come out on schedule. Others it cannot be digested it comes straight out the other end Too long, it exits the system before the gum would break down! Hi, I'm sure someone told me once that it doesn't. same as sweetcorn. it dosent 10 years seven years! |
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