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The process of changing food to substances that can be used by the body is known as digestion. In the average adult, the whole process of digestion takes about 50 hours.
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Food is the body's fuel the materials the body needs to run properly come from the food and drink we comsume the process of changing food to substances the body can use is called?
Digesting. It's the closest answer!
What do you call the process of changing of food into a simpler substance with the help of enzymes?
The process of changing food into a simpler substance is called COMBUSTION
What is the process of breaking down food into smaller substances?
metastasis
Why Digestion of food is a chemical reaction in humans?
It is a process in which the chemical composition of the food is changed. Reactions convert chemicals from the food to other substances. This process can take several stages and in the end you will have substances that the body can absorb and utilise.
Chemical change?
The process of changing into entirely new substances.
What chemical that speeds up the changing of food into a usable form?
These substances are called digestive enzymes.
What is the process of soluble food substances crossing the gut lining?
absorption
What process of changing food into a usable form?
Chemical Change
Process of breaking down food?
The process of breaking down food is called digestion.
The process by which the body breaks down substances and gets energy from food?
the dijestive sysem
What is the changing of food to a form the body can use?
That is the process known as cellular respiration.
What is the process of changing food inside the body so that the body can use it?
Digestion?
