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The main forms of nitrogen usable for humans are dietary proteins found in foods like meat, dairy, eggs, legumes, and nuts. These proteins are broken down into amino acids during digestion, and the body uses these amino acids to build and repair tissues.


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Breakdown of food into usable forms is called?

Digestion. It is the process by which the body breaks down food into nutrients that can be absorbed and used for energy, growth, and repair.


What process can an element be broken down?

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What converts food into usable energy?

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What are nutrients broken down by?

Food is broken down into nutrients by the digestive system. Ingested food is transformed into usable nutrients by mechanical and chemical processes in the digestive system.


The process of breaking down food into usable materials?

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the end waste product that forms when foods containing protein are broken down is called?

What process is this referring to? If it is the digestive system, then it would be amino acids.


What is the process in which rock are broken down?

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What is broken down in the process of respiration?

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Simple molecules are further broken down in cells in a process called?

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