Chewing Gum causing digestive problems if swallowed

Chewing gum was exciting. In adults, chewing gum can kill time at leisure. Chewing gum also helps reduce tension. It is also the use of chewing gum, in particular the type of mint flavor sugarless, to help you lose weight.

As for children, most of the time allowed to eat chewing gum. The reason, if swallowed, chewing gum can be tweaked in the intestine. According FX Wahyurin Mitano indeed should be wary of the possibility of suffocation when the fruit of his parents chewed gum. Because toddlers have not chewed gum capacity in adulthood. In addition to the large bubble. ''If swallowed, not a twisted bowel, but it is feared could affect the gastrointestinal tract of children,''he said.

Chewing gum is ingested, a nutritionist from the hospital information Soetomo he came out with feces. Unfortunately, gum is not digested by the intestine would be perfect. ''It is possible to disrupt the digestive system. Worse, it could also lead to complications in some children who are vulnerable to the digestive system,''he said.

Women who called him familiarly Ririen does not encourage parents to let her chewed gum baby. In addition, all trial and error. There is also a risk of choking infant. Especially for children who do not yet have a mechanism to chew and swallow food properly. The''children can not understand why chewing gum should not be swallowed. Come with other types of chews,''he added.

This should be taken into consideration is the material of candy. Ririen explained, chewing gum is generally made from sweeteners, flavorings and synthetic materials (gum resin). The material will be difficult for the body to digest. Especially, the kidneys.

For example, the red color of rhodamine B or amber-colored candy that uses yellow metal. Rhodamine dye B''textile. Of course, this material should not be used as feed mixing,''he said. If not careful, these additional ingredients cause cancer.

Some use saccharin. Artificial sugar which produces a very sweet taste. Most of the bitter taste bitter or cause in the language of consumers. ''Not to mention the addition of other materials in the form of an organic acid that gives a feeling of fresh fruit. For example, citric acid,''he said. If excessive, "he added, the product is harmful to the stomach

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