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This depends on a variety of factors including the type of food, your level of activity and what else you intake over the period of digestion.
Food can stay in the stomach anywhere from a few minutes to several hours.
Small amounts of easy to digest material will pass through the stomach in just a few minutes
The more food added and the thickness and density of the food, the longer it will take.
Also, including fluids such as water will cause digestion to take even longer as you will be watering down the stomach acids.
Large amounts of hard to digest food which have been consumed along with liquids may stay in the stomach for 6 to 8 hours.
The average is 2 to 4 hours for a small meal with moderate fluid intake.
it stays 4 to 6 hours
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∙ 6y ago
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∙ 13y agoThis depends on a variety of factors including the type of food, your level of activity and what else you intake over the period of digestion.
Food can stay in the stomach anywhere from a few minutes to several hours.
Small amounts of easy to digest material will pass through the stomach in just a few minutes
The more food added and the thickness and density of the food, the longer it will take.
Also, including fluids such as water will cause digestion to take even longer as you will be watering down the stomach acids.
Large amounts of hard to digest food which have been consumed along with liquids may stay in the stomach for 6 to 8 hours.
The average is 2 to 4 hours for a small meal with moderate fluid intake.
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∙ 9y agoFood may stay in the stomach for about six to eight hours as it moves into the small intestines. Different types of foods affect the length of time that it stays in the stomach also.
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∙ 12y agoonce the body has taken what it needs and expels the waste. usually one day
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∙ 12y ago4 to 6 hours
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∙ 12y agowell it depends on what you are eating
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∙ 9y agofor about 1 to 2 hours
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∙ 12y ago4-6h
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Does the food stay longer in the gizzard or the stomach of a grasshopper?
stomach
How long does the food stay in your stomach for?
3 hours
How long is the food stay in the stomach?
8 hours
How long does the food stay in the anus?
Food doesn't stay in the anus. Food stays in the stomach. Other stuff stays in the anus.
Stores food 3 to 4 hours while digestion is occurring?
well actually no organ dose that.But i now food can atleast stay i your system for up to 1and 1/2 or maybe up to 2 hours. But after it digest through it goes out of your urinia and recuem
Does gum stay in your stomach forever?
No, it gets digested in the stomach acid, like all food.
How long does bacon stay in your stomach?
A few hours if that as all food entering the stomach starts to be dissolved by the acids in the stomach.
How long does the food stay in your liver?
Food does not go to your liver, food only goes to your stomach and intestines.
How long does the food stay in stomach?
If your asking how long does food stay in your stomach before digesting is 4-6 hours. Depending on if your active after eating or not.
When you die how long does the food stay in the stomach?
When you die, the food in your stomach continues to break down because of the stomach acid that is inside the stomach at the time of death. Once the acid has neutralized, the food will no longer be digested. This takes about 24 hours.
What are two things you can do to help the digestive system stay healthy?
Half the stomach food & quarter stomach water
Which best describe the role of the esophagus in digestion?
The esophagus is a tube that runs between the throat and stomach. It is designed to help stomach acid stay in the stomach and to get food and drink to the stomach.
