Nope, the digestive system does its thing on gum the same as every other food. No one needs a minty fresh stomach though so I wouldn’t bother putting your body through all the extra work needed to break it down!
I really doubt it – your stomach is pretty concentrated acid after all! I do remember it being one of those things people said to you at school if you did accidentally swallow gum though. After checking wiki there’s even a bit of an article about it there which dismisses it directly! I wouldn’t worry about it if you have inadvertently swallowed gum before. 🙂 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chewing_gum#Swallowed_gum
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