We are pleased to announce that on March 4, 2025, an updated Rich Text Editor will be introduced in the MyFitnessPal Community. To learn more about the upcoming changes, please click here. We look forward to sharing this new feature with you!

spit or swallow?

BaconMD
BaconMD Posts: 1,165 Member
edited November 2024 in Chit-Chat
I was just curious if most people spit or swallow their gum when they're done chewing it? I usually spit mine out, but sometimes I swallow it if I'm not near a trash can. How about you?
«134

Replies

  • KJVBear33
    KJVBear33 Posts: 628
    Swallowing gum is gross I think........plus, doesn't it stay in your stomach for like 7 years or something?
  • BaconMD
    BaconMD Posts: 1,165 Member
    No, that's a myth.
  • ElizabethRoad
    ElizabethRoad Posts: 5,138 Member
    I swallow it most of the time. It's no different than swallowing a bit of food.
  • ElizabethRoad
    ElizabethRoad Posts: 5,138 Member
    Swallowing gum is gross I think........plus, doesn't it stay in your stomach for like 7 years or something?
    For goodness' sake, I didn't believe this in second grade.
  • YMark
    YMark Posts: 65 Member
    It's no different than swallowing a bit of food.

    Or a penny. Either one isn't getting digested.
  • CaWaterBug8
    CaWaterBug8 Posts: 1,040 Member
    If you're going to chew gum, you may as well get all of the calories. I swallow my gum.
  • Smuterella
    Smuterella Posts: 1,623 Member
    Oh, my dirty mind...
  • ElizabethRoad
    ElizabethRoad Posts: 5,138 Member
    It's no different than swallowing a bit of food.
    Or a penny. Either one isn't getting digested.
    I've never swallowed a penny, but I'd imagine gum is a bit easier to pass.
  • KJVBear33
    KJVBear33 Posts: 628
    Oh, my dirty mind...

    Confession..........me too..........thought processes are funny this way! :)
  • ElizabethRoad
    ElizabethRoad Posts: 5,138 Member
    Oh please, as if it wasn't meant that way.
  • Smuterella
    Smuterella Posts: 1,623 Member
    Of course it was.
  • determinedbutlazy
    determinedbutlazy Posts: 1,941 Member
    Oh, my dirty mind...

    Pretty much why I came here.
  • Pip_squeak
    Pip_squeak Posts: 132 Member
    *caught with my mind in the gutter* :sad:

    I spit my gum in the trash.
  • qkidney
    qkidney Posts: 258
    Oh, my dirty mind...

    Pretty much why I came here.

    ^^ This!
  • Farfourah
    Farfourah Posts: 896 Member
    lol ;(
  • Pip_squeak
    Pip_squeak Posts: 132 Member
    Oh, my dirty mind...

    Pretty much why I came here.

    So I'm not the only one.......
  • yp77
    yp77 Posts: 25
    Oh, my dirty mind...

    Pretty much why I came here.

    whoopsie... me tooo :blushing:
  • PinkEarthMama
    PinkEarthMama Posts: 987 Member
    I'm a spitter.

    Then again, I'm not a chewing gum person. I like chewing, certainly, but the whole sticky gummy mess doesn't belong in my mouth really.
  • killagb
    killagb Posts: 3,280 Member
    Oh, my dirty mind...

    Pretty much why I came here.

    So I'm not the only one.......
    It was sort of the idea.
  • SkinnyShadow
    SkinnyShadow Posts: 106 Member
    What?? It really doesn't stay in your stomach?? Then why is it such a big deal to swallow it???
    Omg, I feel like a fool.... but no, I don't believe you guys, I still think it gets stuck in there and takes forever to dissolve lol - I'm seriously looking it up now...
    and I spit btw... cause it stays in you!!... :p
  • lumina0o0
    lumina0o0 Posts: 498 Member
    Oh, my dirty mind...

    Pretty much why I came here.

    whoopsie... me tooo :blushing:
    me too lol
  • CallMeCupcakeDammit
    CallMeCupcakeDammit Posts: 9,377 Member
    Spitting is rude. Just sayin'. :wink:
  • ThePhoenixRose
    ThePhoenixRose Posts: 1,978 Member
    Swallow. the answer is always swallow.
  • scs143
    scs143 Posts: 2,190 Member
    There is a time and place for everything. Sometimes I spit, sometimes I swallow.... my gum.
  • k2quiere
    k2quiere Posts: 4,151 Member
    This thread is a total let down
  • MrDude_1
    MrDude_1 Posts: 2,510 Member
    this topic is not what I was hoping for.

    *walks out*
  • rob_v
    rob_v Posts: 270 Member
    Oh, my dirty mind...
    x2 :laugh:
  • oberon0124
    oberon0124 Posts: 10,524 Member
    Swallow. the answer is always swallow.

    My hero!
  • Pip_squeak
    Pip_squeak Posts: 132 Member
    There is a time and place for everything. Sometimes I spit, sometimes I swallow.... my gum.

    Yes!!! Spice it up!!
  • SkinnyShadow
    SkinnyShadow Posts: 106 Member
    ok fine... so you were sort of right... http://health.howstuffworks.com/human-body/systems/digestive/gum-seven-years.htm
    but s*** can still go wrong if you swallow a lot :p
    hahaha
This discussion has been closed.

Categories