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Oops, excuse me. Oh, hello friends. Have you ever wondered where does the food go once

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it enters your body? Sorry. Well, worry no more because I'll tell you all about the human

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digestive system. Oops. Come on, what are you waiting for? Zoom in. Digestion is a simple

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process where large insoluble food particles are broken down into smaller water-soluble

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molecules so that they can be absorbed by blood and give energy to different parts of our body.

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The process of digestion has a few stages and I'll take you through all of them. Come. Chewing

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is the first stage of the digestive system. When you chew your food, the food particles break down

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into little pieces that are easier to swallow. The saliva which contains a lot of enzymes mixes

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with those food particles and helps break down those food particles even more.

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Once you have completely chewed your food, the tongue helps to push the food particles down your

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throat. This process is called swallowing. The food travels through a long pipe called esophagus,

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also known as the food pipe. When the food particles have traveled through the food pipe,

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their next destination is the stomach, where those particles hang out for approximately four

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hours. The stomach releases a lot of acids and enzymes which further break down the food particles

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so that these particles can be absorbed by your body. An enzyme called pepsin present in the

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stomach helps break down the proteins. Oh, and a lot of bacteria are killed by a superhero,

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the stomach, so that we don't fall sick. Destination next, the small intestine. Once the

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food particles reach the small intestine, a lot of juices from the liver and pancreas help break

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down those particles. The liver secretes bile which helps break down fats, and the pancreas

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releases other enzymes to help digest all kinds of food particles. Now that the food particles

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are broken down, the small intestine absorbs them and transfers them to our body through blood.

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The particles that are not absorbed by the small intestine reach the large intestine. Now the large

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intestine absorbs water and other particles and sends the waste material out of your body. Trivia

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time! Did you know that our large intestine produces antibodies that help us boost our

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immunity? When your face becomes red due to flushing, the lining of your stomach becomes

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red too. So eat healthy, digest healthy, and live healthy. Tune in next time for more fun facts.

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This is me zooming out.