The digestive system does important work for the body.
Through digestion, the body gets the nutrients it needs from foods and eliminates anything it doesn’t need.
And, unfortunately, this also means that things can go wrong pretty easily.
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The time passing through the large intestine is much longer, averaging about 40 hours.
For men, the average time to digest food is shorter overall than it is for women.
It is digestion that takes our breakfast and breaks it down.
Once it’s broken down into parts, it can be used by the body.
This is done through a chemical process and it actually begins in the mouth with saliva.
Without the digestive process, the body isn’t going to be able to sustain itself.
The hollow space inside thesmall and large intestinesthat food moves through is called thelumen.
National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases.Short Bowel Syndrome.
