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So the body can absorb nutrients that are in food. Digestion breaks down the nutrients into the most simple forms so the body can metabilize the necessary vitamins, proteins, carbohydrates, fats, sugars, etc, tc, etc. Without digestion the body could not use the food in the form it is ingested.

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