{"id":1102,"date":"2010-10-01T15:19:42","date_gmt":"2010-10-01T05:19:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/scienceillustrated.com.au\/blog\/?p=1102"},"modified":"2010-10-07T15:26:34","modified_gmt":"2010-10-07T04:26:34","slug":"is-swallowing-gum-bad-for-you","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/scienceillustrated.com.au\/blog\/in-the-mag\/is-swallowing-gum-bad-for-you\/","title":{"rendered":"Ask Us: Is swallowing gum bad for you?"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_1105\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"width: 605px\"><a href=\"https:\/\/scienceillustrated.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/10\/chewing_gum.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1105\" title=\"chewing_gum\" src=\"https:\/\/scienceillustrated.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/10\/chewing_gum.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"605\" height=\"375\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Image: Shutterstock. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><strong>&#8220;It&#8217;s generally not a problem,&#8221;\u009d says paediatric gastroenterologist Esther Israel of the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.naspghan.org\/\" target=\"blank\">North American Society for Paediatric Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition<\/a>. <!--more--><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Gum will almost always pass through your gut within three days. But in rare cases, swallowing gum \u2014 specifically, the additives in some brands \u2014 can have surprising repercussions.<\/p>\n<p>Large amounts of sorbitol, a sweetener in many sugar-free varieties, can cause diarrhoea, gas and abdominal pain; cinnamon flavouring has been linked to ulcers; and a licorice flavouring has been associated with high blood pressure. An even rarer complication observed mainly in young children involves a large wad of gum blocking the gastrointestinal tract.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Got a science-related question to Ask Us? Send your queries to letters@scienceillustrated.com.au<\/strong> <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;It&#8217;s generally not a problem,&#8221;\u009d says paediatric gastroenterologist Esther Israel of the North American Society for Paediatric Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":13,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[52,48,11],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1102","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-ask-us","category-health","category-in-the-mag"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/scienceillustrated.com.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1102"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/scienceillustrated.com.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/scienceillustrated.com.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/scienceillustrated.com.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/13"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/scienceillustrated.com.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1102"}],"version-history":[{"count":13,"href":"https:\/\/scienceillustrated.com.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1102\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1114,"href":"https:\/\/scienceillustrated.com.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1102\/revisions\/1114"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/scienceillustrated.com.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1102"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/scienceillustrated.com.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1102"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/scienceillustrated.com.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1102"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}