Bogus Health Facts You’ve Been Guilty Of Sharing On Social Media

It Takes 7 Years To Digest Gum

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According to the myth, if you swallow a piece of gum, it will take up to seven years to digest. The truth is that gum doesn’t get digested, but it will go in one end and come out the other end. However, there was one instance in which a one and a half year-old girl suffered a gastrointestinal blockage, but that gum also had four coins attached to it. So..yeaaah. Don’t go around eating coins…or gum, for that matter.

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