Understanding why gum chewing can make you gassy, and how to manage it, helps separate myth from science and allows you to ...

Sugar-free gum with polyols such as sorbitol and xylitol is most likely to cause gas because of fermentation in the colon.

He’s a real gumshoe. A doctor is setting the record straight once and for all about an “old wives’ tale” that says that if you swallow a piece of gum, it stays stuck in your stomach for seven years.

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An x-ray showing the stomach of a boy who ate an entire pack of gum.JEM Reports A boy, 5, was taken to hospital after swallowing an entire pack of chewing gum. A CT scan showed the gum had formed what ...

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A 5-year-old boy in Ohio underwent a procedure to remove a clump of chewing gum stuck in his stomach, according to a case study published this week in JEM Reports. The unidentified child had ingested ...

(CNN) — If you’re one of many people who have swallowed a whole piece of chewing gum by accident, one question likely popped in your head right after that startling sensation. (CNN) — If you’re one of ...

If you’re one of many people who have swallowed a whole piece of chewing gum by accident, one question likely popped in your head right after that startling sensation. How long will the gum stay there ...