CAN YOU DIGEST RUBBER BANDS?

For anyone that has gone through the ordeal of braces with their kids, they probably know about those rubber bands. I find them all over the house. Thomas says that he ALWAYS throws them out but apparently someone is flinging them everywhere when we are sleeping! The other day he left them on his plate after eating pop tarts for breakfast. I didn't see them when I grabbed the mostly clean plate and used it for making Sarah's jelly sandwich for her lunch. When I came back from dropping her off I noticed the rubber bands on the plate. Umm, well, I noticed the one rubber band on the plate. One was missing. Hopefully it fell on the floor, otherwise Sarah was going to be eating it for lunch!