If you swallow your gum, will it stay in your stomach for seven years?

You were probably warned as a child NOT to swallow your gum - it will stay there for years!

Relax, it won’t. Just like any other food or junk we swallow, our digestive system takes what it needs and “spits” out the rest. While chewing gum is pretty tough and designed not to break down in your mouth, once it goes down your body identifies it as unwanted and will kick it out in a day or two, tops. If you swallow large quantities of gum in a short period of time, that could be more of a challenge for your GI system and even lead to a medical emergency - so don’t do that.