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Mostly because they're told not to!

Basically your body can't break down the gum itself (though it can take up the sweeteners and flavourings). In theory if you swallowed a huge mass of gum and a load of other stuff your body can't digest then there is a tiny chance that you'll get a blockage somewher., But that would be seriously hard to do, and certainly won't be an issue if you're swallowing pieces here and there.

I think one of the main reasons that parents teach kids so militantly not so swallow gum is because they worry about kids not swallowing gum properly and choking on it as a result.

I have swallowed bubble gum and Chewing Gum all my life and I'm a picture of health, though for my trouble I got a huge telling off from a friend's mother at his birthday party when I was ten!

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