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chewing gum
I was told that if you swallowed it, it would wrap itself round your heart and you would die, but that was at a convent school. But it can't be true because of this question from the late lamented Lonnie Donegan -
"if your mother says don't chew it, do you swallow it in spite"
Passing through the system
Mike, you raise a very important point. I am sure I was told that the sides of my stomach would stick together if I did this.
But Wrigley says: "A lot of people have the wrong idea about what happens if you swallow a piece of chewing gum, so we're glad to set the record straight!
"Chewing gum has five basic ingredients - sweeteners, corn syrup, softeners, flavors and gum base (the part that puts the 'chew' in chewing gum).
"The first four ingredients are soluble, meaning they dissolve in your mouth as you chew. Gum base doesn't. And although it isn't meant to be swallowed, if it is, it simply passes through your system, just like popcorn or any other form of roughage. This normally takes only a few days."
The Wrigley Company provides more useful FAQs for kids on its website.
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