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The body absorbs food by the food molecules like starch or gluten are broken down so the can fit through the small gaps in the small intestine, therefore going into our blood steam.

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Is your body able to absorb food if it is not chemically digested?

No, the body cannot absorb food that has not undergone the process of chemical digestion. Digestion breaks down food into nutrients that can be absorbed by the body through the walls of the intestines. If food is not chemically digested, the nutrients remain in a form that the body cannot utilize.


Can food absorb in to your body without swallowing it?

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Describe how fungi obtain their food?

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Why do you digest your food?

You digest your food so that your body can absorb all the nutrients in the food and poo wee wee


I take and absorb the nutrients that your body needs from your food and i put it in your bloodstream do your body can use it what am i?

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Do organisms in the plant kingdom make their own food?

Technically, humans and animals actually EAT their food, but when the food reaches the body, the cells absorb that food. So the answer to your question is NO.


How can you say that a food is nutritive?

A nutritive food is one that supplies compounds that the body can absorb for energy or other uses.


When food is in your stomach why is it cut into pieces?

This helps your body absorb the important nutrients in the food an helps to get rid of the waste


What in the body absorbs water and minerals?

The small intestine and colon absorb water and minerals from food and drink in the body.


What cant teeth do that other body parts of your body can do?

well teeth can not absorb n digest a part of food that z taken into the body....It gets prepared food from the vessels


What part of the digestive system does the body absorb broken down food particles?

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Did water helps our body to absorb nutrients from food?

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