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Food isdigestedby physically moving through your GI tract and broken down byenzymes.
The final part of digestion is when stool exits through the anus during a bowel movement.
What’s the Average Digestion Time?
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Influencing Factors
Female hormones can also affect digestion time.
Fiber adds bulk to your stomach contents, which helps food move through your digestive tract.
Cutting back on these foods can also help promote healthy digestion.
They include:
How Long Does Digesting Red Meat Take?
Digestingred meatusually takes 24 to 72 hours to digest.
Leaner meat with less fat is usually digested faster than fattier meat.
Women typically take longer to digest food than men.
Other factors like age, physical activity, medications, and stress affect digestion.
Certain medical conditions can also make digestion slower or faster.
Eating a nutritious diet, exercising, and getting enough fluids promotes healthy digestion.
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