Sad to learn that gum used to come from tree resin, but is now made from synthetic material.
Are we really aware on the long term what changes like this do to the human body?
What happens if you swallow gum?
51–60 of 66 posts
Re: What happens if you swallow gum?
#52Ever since that xylitol study came out, I've stopped chewing gum
And what study are you referring to?
Probably this one [1]:
> Xylitol is prothrombotic and associated with cardiovascular risk
In simpler terms [2]:
> Cleveland Clinic-Led Study Links Sugar Substitute to Increased Risk of Heart Attack and Stroke
[1] https://academic.oup.com/eurheartj/advance-article-abstract/...
[2] https://newsroom.clevelandclinic.org/2024/06/06/cleveland-cl...
Re: What happens if you swallow gum?
#53What's amazing is how, if you chew a piece of gum long enough, it suddenly breaks down. All of it, at the same time, into bitter-tasting, mealy soup of gum particles.
You ever shake cream to make butter? It happens suddenly in q similar but reversed way
Re: What happens if you swallow gum?
#54What's amazing is how, if you chew a piece of gum long enough, it suddenly breaks down. All of it, at the same time, into bitter-tasting, mealy soup of gum particles.
Confirmed. In my teens I'd leave my gun on the bedpost for multiple nights. And yes, at some point after days of chewing it does suddenly disintegrate into a sea of bits maybe max one millimeter long.
Re: What happens if you swallow gum?
#55Well, Timmy, the gum goes on a magical journey of adventure and discovery, earning its MBA to become a middle manager in the marketing department.
Re: What happens if you swallow gum?
#56https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lbg0ZBXnuZE
lmao - any particular story on how you first came across this song?
Re: What happens if you swallow gum?
#57I'm not sure why, but this makes me think of the time before ubiquitous internet, when the answers to questions like this one were much harder to come by.
What I did when I was a kid was swallow every gumball in a carton of gumballs to prove that they couldn't possibly be staying in my stomach for 7 years because nothing else would be getting through.
Science, b*tches!
Re: What happens if you swallow gum?
#58What's amazing is how, if you chew a piece of gum long enough, it suddenly breaks down. All of it, at the same time, into bitter-tasting, mealy soup of gum particles.
You ever shake cream to make butter? It happens suddenly in q similar but reversed way
Maybe once? But when making whipped cream, the onset of the firmness tends to be rapid, and if you whip too far, the onset of butter likewise.
Re: What happens if you swallow gum?
#59What's amazing is how, if you chew a piece of gum long enough, it suddenly breaks down. All of it, at the same time, into bitter-tasting, mealy soup of gum particles.
Confirmed. In my teens I'd leave my gun on the bedpost for multiple nights. And yes, at some point after days of chewing it does suddenly disintegrate into a sea of bits maybe max one millimeter long.
*gum
Re: What happens if you swallow gum?
#60Earlier quoted context omitted.
Acetone works great too. It's very useful for getting rid of styrofoam from packing because you can reduce several cubic feet of styrofoam to a brick 1/100th the size and then throw that away instead.
And who doesn't like a room filled with that fragrance?
Definitely do it in a well-ventilated area or wear a P100 like anything else. Even "odorless" mineral spirits have a very strong solvent odor.