How Does Food Turn Into Poop?
How does my tummy turn food into poo?
How Does Food Turn Into Poop?
Digestion is a very important process for the proper functioning of our body. Through the process of digestion, the nutrients and water are absorbed from the food and used up in the body, which gives energy to the body to perform work. Even the working of organs in our body needs energy. The process through which the food enters our body and is then passed through various organs to be digested is governed by the digestive system. It comprises of various glands and organs such as salivary glands, mouth, esophagus, stomach, liver, gallbladder, pancreas, small intestine, large intestine, rectum and anus.
Initially, food enters our body from the mouth, the fluid secreted by the salivary gland moistens the food, and the teeth chew it. The chewed food with the saliva then goes into the food pipe called the esophagus, and through the food pipe, it reaches the stomach. In the stomach, it stays for 5-6 hours, where the food is mixed and ground, and with the help of certain enzymes and acids, the food breaks down and becomes a paste consistency.
Then the food enters the small intestine, where the process of breaking down food continues with the help of the secretion of the pancreas, which is pancreatic juice, and the liver secretes bile. Here, the nutrients are broken down into their simplest form, such as proteins are broken into amino acids, fats into fatty acids, and then are absorbed.
Then the semi-liquid paste enters the large intestine, where the water and electrolytes are absorbed from the digested food.
Then the left over waste collected in the rectum and excreted through the anus and is eliminated out.
The process of digestion takes place smoothly as it helps smooth the movement of food in the system and cleanses the digestive system. Constipation does not take place.
– Written By Kumari
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