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Q: What foods are not broken down by intestinal bacteria?
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in the digestive process, complex foods are broken down into simpler substances like what?


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Name for foods which can not be broken down?

corn....and sand


What is able to be broken down by bacteria?

food not plastics or metals


What are things called when they are broken down into waste by bacteria?

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What Break down roughage in the large intestine?

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