Digestion

You've probably never thought of the middle section of your body as being a complex chemical factory, but that is precisely what it is. Its function is to "process" the nutrients in food, getting the "goodness" into the bloodstream and disposing of the "waste".

The first part of the process is known as digestion — this is where the fats, protein and carbohydrates are split into smaller and simpler chemical pieces to the point where they are eventually "broken down" into units small enough to cross the intestine wall and enter the bloodstream.

Vitamins and minerals are not digested. They remain in their original form but they are essential to the process of metabolism where the simplified proteins, fat and carbohydrates are changed into fuel (energy) used for growth or repair.

Digestion is both a mechanical and chemical procedure. The teeth mechanically break the food up into small pieces which can be swallowed and sent down the food passage. The food continues to be "minced up" as it is propelled down the food passage by a series of muscular squeezes until it reaches the stomach.

The chemical part of digestion starts in the mouth where the digestive juice, saliva, begins the "breaking down" process. More digestive juices get to work when the food reaches the stomach. Food usually remains in the stomach's processing plant for between ten and sixty minutes before passing into the small intestine where it is "broken down" even further by more digestive juices.

The digesting food is moved along through the small intestine by a series of gentle contracting and expanding movements.

When all the food has been thoroughly processed (i.e. digested) into very small chemical particles it is absorbed by the tiny blood vessels in the walls of the small intestine. From there it flows into the main part of the bloodstream to be carried to all parts of the body as "nourishment".

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