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       Digestive report

Why is digestion important?


Digestion is important because your body needs nutrients from food and drink to work properly and stay healthy. Proteins, fats, carbohydrates, vitamins , minerals and water are nutrients. Your digestive system breaks nutrients into parts small enough for your body to absorb and use for energy, growth and blood cell repair.





How does the digestive system work ? Each part of your digestive system helps to move food and liquid through your GI tract, break food and liquid into smaller parts. Once foods are broken into small enough parts your body can absorb and move the nutrients to where they are needed. Your large intestine absorbs water, and the waste products of digestion become stool. Nerves and hormones help control the digestive process.





What happens to the digested food ? The small intestine absorbs most of the nutrients in your food, and your circulatory system passes them on to other parts of your body to store or use. Special cells can help absorb nutrients across the intestinal lining into your bloodstream.