Gum Does Not Take 7 Years To Digest
Who knows where this myth came from, but here’s the 411 on eating gum: while it’s not healthy for you, it’ll take about a week for the average person to digest it.
Gastroenterologist, David Milov tells Scientific American that he has run into a few pieces of gum when performing endoscopies or colonoscopies. He said, “Usually it’s not something that’s any more than a week old.”