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How do the digestive system work?

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Digestion works by moving food through the GI tract. Digestion begins in the mouth with chewing and ends in the small intestine. As food passes through the GI tract, it mixes with digestive juices, causing large molecules of food to break down into smaller molecules. The body then absorbs these smaller molecules through the walls of the small intestine into the bloodstream, which delivers them to the rest of the body. Waste products of digestion pass through the large intestine and out of the body as a solid matter called stool.
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Your digestive system helps move foods and liquids through your GI tract and break it into smaller parts. Once it is broken down your body can absorb and move the nutrients to where they are needed. Which is saying that basically, your digestive system help you digest your foods and get the nutrients that are needed from the foods and liquids that enter your body.

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