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Why do you think that the digestive process takes so long?

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Your body breaks down your food into nutrients which is why it takes hours to fully digest food.The human body breaks down the

Food into Einto amino acids, starches into simple sugars, and fats into fatty acids and glycerol.

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the reason that it takes so long for the digestive system to process is because it needs to carefully break down the food we eat into nutrients that can be absorbed by the body.
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