Is it really that bad to swallow gum?

The only thing about some gums is that it's loaded with sugar. Gum does not stay in our bodies for 7 years- that's a total myth. Just as with anything else we swallow, we p it out our bodies via the poop shoot. For children it presents the obvious, choking. For people that swallow gum all the time, it may become backed up in the stomach, thus creating a lump so large that the body can't p it. But these cases are rare and you'd probably have to chew so much gum per day that you'd be interupting a normal diet. So no, the gum doesn't stay inside us for seven years nor does it stick to our stomach.