I was complete at two schools on the exact same day, 7/23. I got an interview invite from one two days later, and haven't heard from the other since. I was just wondering what everyone's experience has been with the amount of time between submitting their secondaries and receiving an interview invite.
Butyl rubber, commonly used in gum (as well as tires and basketballs, mm!), is a synthetic rubber that provides it with an ideal chewiness. Youâve probably noticed that gum is unaffected by the crushing of your teeth - thatâs kind of the point. So when you swallow the gum, it moves through your digestive tract into your stomach as one giant wad. While your enzymes are able to break down the carbohydrates, oils, and alcohols in the gum as they would with regular food, the rubber base in the gum is basically immune to these enzymes.
As you chew, the sweetener and flavoring dissolve in your saliva and spreads over your tongue. Yum! Eventually most of the sweetener and flavoring slide down your throat with your saliva and the great taste becomes a memory. Gum base does not dissolve in saliva. This is why you lose the flavor, but not the gum.