Human Digestion Processes

The cluster focuses on discussions about how the human digestive system, especially stomach acids and the GI tract, breaks down food, absorbs nutrients, and handles various substances, debating what survives intact or gets digested.

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11235813213455 Nov 7, 2022 View on HN

hah but then they get out intact, you can't absorb their nutriments

caycep Apr 12, 2014 View on HN

have faith in your GI system...it usually figures out what to absorb.

scohesc Oct 1, 2021 View on HN

Interesting! Was that for flavor, texture, or explosive properties when going through your digestive system?

galangalalgol Mar 10, 2022 View on HN

That works, but its pretty horrible for digestion, you need the acid to break stuff down.

djackson Aug 11, 2011 View on HN

It's not about what they eat, it's about what it becomes in the digestive system.

SixSigma Nov 18, 2014 View on HN

Not being digested doesn't stop you getting killed.

protomolecule Jan 5, 2024 View on HN

"why not just leave it in gut for excretion with feces"Because it is hard to distinguish it from nutrients?

onetimePete Mar 11, 2016 View on HN

may work in a animals stomache?

drb91 Oct 18, 2018 View on HN

Why would you expect to not digest something you put in your digestive tract? You do, after all, digest part of that bolt.

amelius Dec 31, 2019 View on HN

I'd like to see how much of it doesn't leave our digestive systems.