Chewing gum should not be swallowed in the process of chewing, chewing gum has the effect of removing bad breath and cleaning teeth. Generally after full chewing when there is no taste of chewing gum, the residue should be spit out, because most of the chewing gum residue is silica gel-like substances, can not be digested and absorbed by the body. Of course, although it is not toxic to the human body, but its entry into the digestive tract will often adhere to the inner wall of the digestive tract, causing lesions or indigestion and other phenomena. Therefore, chewing gum should be spit out after chewing. In a few cases if you accidentally swallowed chewing gum, you should take the appropriate measures to deal with it, if it is stuck in the throat should be taken out as far as possible, if it has been swallowed into the abdomen, should be through the consumption of coarse fiber food and other methods to promote the discharge of its body as far as possible.