The time it takes for a food to travel the nine meters of the digestive tract, from when it enters the mouth until it is defecated, varies depending on multiple factors, such as its nature -solid or liquid- and its composition in fats, proteins and carbohydrates. carbon. The state of health of the digestive system also influences; for example, the balance of the microflora that lines the intestines. Thus, the total digestion of a food can last between ten hours and several days , although what is known as digestion , which takes place in the stomach, lasts between two and four hours.
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