Does chewing a lot of gum make a person fart more?

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   Goody5posted 11 years ago

   Does chewing a lot of gum make a person fart more?

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   Jason Nicholssposted 11 years ago

   You should Read this mate.
   
   http://sataax.hubpages.com/hub/Benefits … hewing-gum

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      Goody5posted 11 years agoin reply to this

      Thanks & I'll check out this hub. The truth is I'm using chewing gum now as an alternative to help quit smoking. Monday will be four weeks!!

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   aspiretoinspireposted 11 years ago

   Chewing gum can cause a person to swallow more air, and therefore possibly increase the amount of farts.
   
   Source: http://goaskalice.columbia.edu/why-do-people-fart
   
   Oh, and congrats on the progress you're making on quitting smoking!

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   greenchaposted 11 years ago

   Absolutely especially when you swallow it!

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      greenchaposted 11 years agoin reply to this

      especially if you swallow it when its just been blown into a bubble.

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   Woodpecker27posted 11 years ago

   Really?... You know people fart often more than 13 times a day without realizing it, I don't think a little chewing gum is going to matter... Chew On!

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   John MacNabposted 11 years ago

   As far as I can remember,Goody5, when I was a spotty youth, chewing gum made me fart like a trooper.   Strangely enough, I no longer chew gum, but guess what I still do..... like the self same, but much older, trooper?

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   Ghaelachposted 11 years ago

   Some people don't need chewing gum.
   But I can say that as you get older we seem to fart more often. Along with the fact that we can't hold a fart as long as we used to be able to do when we where young, they tend to sneak out quietly. Which reminds me of a joke.
   
   --Sunday morning an old couple sitting in church during the ministers sermon, when the old lady starts sniggering and smiling to herself. She leans over to her husband and say's "I've just done a silent fart", her husband turns and looks at his wife, then leans over to whisper in her ear and say's "You need new batteries in your hearing aid"--
   
   Have a great Sunday and sit still in church this morning.
   LOL Ghaelach

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