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Maintaining digestive health is essential
to the body’s overall well-being, as 70% of the body’s immune system resides in
the digestive tract. Any food that you intake, be it rice, bread, chicken, a
piece of fruit, or even an apple juice, cannot be used by the body in its normal
form.
Digestion is a process in which
liquids and foods need to be broken down mechanically and chemically into smaller
forms. To provide a source of energy and nourishment, these nutrient molecules
are transferred around the body via the blood system and are absorbed through
the wall of the small intestine. The collection and elimination of waste
products are also a vital part of digestion.
Healthy Digestion:
Sustaining a healthy digestive
system is very important for our health and well-being. The digestion process starts
when we chew and swallow something through the mouth. Our saliva has an enzyme
that breaks the starch in the food into smaller particles.
The swallowed food is pushed into
the esophagus that connects the stomach below with the throat above. A ring
like valve blocks the way to the stomach from the esophagus, but the muscles
around the ring relaxes, as the chewed food approaches, and then the food gets
into the stomach part. The upper section of the stomach is a holding portion.
Through the stomach muscle activity, little bits of food are pushed into the
lower part of the stomach, at a time, where it mixes with stomach acid and
liquids. Further, an enzyme that breaks down protein and digestive juices breaks
the solid food into a liquid form. After that, it passes gradually into the
small intestine.
