Curious Kids: does chewing gum stay inside you for years?

Swallowing a lot of gum can cause it to stick together or stick to food in your gut. www.shuttershock.com, CC BY If you have a question you’d like an expert to answer, send it to curiouskids@theconversation.edu.au. Does chewing gum stay inside you for years? - Olivia, aged 12, Australia. Great question, Olivia! The short answer is that most gum you swallow ends up in your poo. But if you swallow a lot of chewing gum, it can get stuck and cause problems. Chewing gum existed 6,000 years ago. Our ancestors chewed gum made from black tar and tree sap. Just like today, people chewed gum to keep their mouth clean and stay alert. Almost every civilisation chewed gum. The imperial Chinese chewed ginseng root to pass

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