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Digestive System
Digestive System is the category for questions regarding the breakdown and absorption of food-stuffs in our alimentary canal. Questions about the stomach and intestines can be included in this category.
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Which digested foods are absorbed by lacteals?
Triglycerides are absorbed by the lacteals of the small intestine. Triglycerides go into the lymphatic system and are converted into chyle.
In which Organ of the digestive system does pepsin works?
Breaks down the proteins into peptide chains
Are some fats more easily digested than others?
Yes, some fats are more easily digested than others. For instance, medium-chain triglycerides (MCTs), found in coconut oil, are absorbed more quickly by the body compared to long-chain fatty acids, which require more complex digestion processes. Additionally, fats derived from whole foods, such as avocados and nuts, tend to be easier to digest than heavily processed fats. The overall digestibility can also depend on individual factors like gut health and the presence of other nutrients.
Whats the Digestion time of chicken in people?
DIGESTION TIME OF VARIOUS FOODS
(approx. time spent in stomach before emptying). ........
Water
when stomach is empty, leaves immediately and goes into intestines,
Juices
Fruit vegetables, vegetable broth - 15 to 20 minutes.
Semi-liquid
(blended salad, vegetables or fruits) - 20 to 30 min.
Fruits
Watermelon - 20 min.digestion time.
Other melons - Canteloupe, Cranshaw, Honeydew etc. - 30 min.
Oranges, grapefruit, grapes - 30 min.
Apples, pears, peaches, cherries etc. - digest in 40 min.
Vegetables
Raw tossed salad vegetables - tomato, lettuces, cucumber, celery, red or green pepper, other succulent vegetables - 30 to 40 min. digestion. -
Steamed or cooked vegetables
Leafy vegetables - escarole, spinach, kale, collards etc. - 40 min. - Zucchini, broccoli, cauliflower, string beans, yellow squash, corn on cob - all 45 min. digestion time
Root vegetables - carrots, beets, parsnips, turnips etc. - 50 min.
Semi-Concentrated Carbohydrates - Starches
Jerusalem artichokes & leafy, acorn & butternut squashes, corn, potatoes, sweet potatoes, yam, chestnuts - all 60 min. digestion.
Concentrated Carbohydrates - Grains
Brown rice, millet, buckwheat, cornmeal, oats (first 3 vegetables best) - 90 min.
Legumes & Beans - (Concentrated Carbohydrate & Protein)
Lentils, limas, chick peas, peas, pigeon peas, kidney beans, etc. - 90 min. digestion time
soy beans -120 min. digestion time
Seeds & Nuts
Seeds - Sunflower, pumpkin, pepita, sesame - Digestive time approx. 2 hours.
Nuts - Almonds, filberts, peanuts (raw), cashews, brazil, walnuts, pecans etc. - 2 1/2 to 3 hours to digest.
Dairy
Skim milk, cottage or low fat pot cheese or ricotta - approx. 90 min. digestion time
whole milk cottage cheese - 120 min. digestion
whole milk hard cheese - 4 to 5 hours digestion time
Animal proteins
Egg yolk - 30 min. digestion time
Whole egg - 45 min.
Fish - cod, scrod, flounder, sole seafood - 30 min. digestion time
Fish - salmon, salmon trout, herring, (more fatty fish) - 45 min. to 60 digestion time
Chicken - 11/2 to 2 hours digestion time (without skin)
Turkey - 2 to 2 1/4 hours digestion time (without skin)
Beef, lamb - 3 to 4 hours digestion time
Pork - 41/2 to 5 hours digestion time
Where in the body is most food digested?
In the small intestine, through villosities that is a epitelial sinuosity that amplifies the area of contact. The principal function of the villosities is to increase the absorption of the nutrients after the digestion.
Does gonorrhea affect the digestive system?
Some men with gonorrhea may have no symptoms at all. However, common symptoms in men include a burning sensation when urinating, or a white, yellow, or green discharge from the penis that usually appears 1 to 14 days after infection. Sometimes men with gonorrhea get painful or swollen testicles. It can cause infertility
Most women with gonorrhea do not have any symptoms. Even when a woman has symptoms, they are often mild and can be mistaken for a bladder or vaginal infection. The initial symptoms in women can include a painful or burning sensation when urinating, increased vaginal discharge, or vaginal bleeding between periods. Women with gonorrhea are at risk of developing serious complications from the infection, even if symptoms are not present or are mild.
Symptoms of rectal infection in both men and women may include discharge, anal itching, soreness, bleeding, or painful bowel movements. Rectal infections may also cause no symptoms. Infections in the throat may cause a sore throat, but usually cause no symptoms.
Gonorrhea can cause infertility in men and women, as well as possible systemic infections, and effects on a fetus if contracted during pregnancy.
What cell organelle functions much like your digestive system?
Mitochondria is a cell organelle that does a similar function as the endocrine system. The mitochondria releases energy reaped from food.
How chlorine helps to digest our food?
We eat and control the level of bacteria present in the stomach. It enhances the ability of the blood to carry carbon dioxide from respiring tissues to the lungs.
Bile pigment bilirubin a waste product of the breakdown of erythrocytes, is altered by microbes in the large intestine, resulting in urobilinogen, this is then converted to STERCOBILIN which is responsible for the brown colour and deodorisation of faeces.
The brown coloration of faeces comes from a combination of bile and bilirubin, which comes from dead red blood cells.
What liquid secreted into the stomach to break down food?
stomach acids aka lysosomes break down the food
Is the rectum and the anus mechanical or chemical digestion?
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Which part of of your digestive system is like mixer?
The greatest amount of active mixing takes place in the mouth.
Main purpose of mechanical digestion?
Increase available surface area of food, to increase more sites for enzyme activity and hence quicker digestion
Does the small intestine absorb water and alcohol and initiate protein breakdown?
The breakdown of protein initiates in stomach by the action of the stomach acid.
What is the role of the vagus nerve in regulating digestive activity?
Salivation is entirely under nervous control. Some saliva is secreted continuously in response to parasympathetic stimulation via the vagus nerve. The presence of food in the mouth stimulates the salivary glands to increase their secretions. This response operates through a simple cranial reflex via the vagus nerve. The smell, sight, and thought of food also stimulate salivary secretion.
The vagus nerve (working via the parasympathetic division of the autonomic nervous system) also activates the enteric nervous system. The ENS is responsible for motility, digestion, and secretion (such as HCl, gastrin, histamine in the case of the stomach) throughout the GI tract.
What contains enzymes that digest organic materials?
Organisms that break down dea organisms and food are called decomposers. Some examples of decomposers are mushrooms, bacteria. decomposers sometimes eat road kill, thats why there is a really bad smell!
When amylase breaks down starch what does it release?
amylase breaks starch down and releases maltose from which maltase breaks it up into two glucose molecules
What foods are bad for digestion?
Some foods that are bad for our digestive system are those that are poisonous, as well as highly acidic or highly alkaline.
Other foods may be very hard to digest for some people. Any food that upsets the natural balance in our gut is bad. Some foods, like milk and milk products contain lactose, which for some people can cause gastric distress.
What comes first in the digestive system?
The simple answer to that is the Mouth as it mechanically and chemically digests food (via saliva and teeth).
