What happens when you eat? How does a breakfast of scrambled eggs with spinach and multi-grain toast with grass-fed butter turn into nutrients that your cells can use? Please describe how the foods in this meal are mechanically and chemically digested into individual nutrients (carbohydrates, proteins, fats, vitamins, and minerals, and how & where these nutrients are absorbed. Include the organs the foods travel through, as well as the accessory organs that help in various ways along the journey. Don’t forget to mention the substances (enzymes, acids, etc) that aid in the process. Also describe what happens to any undigested food or waste products

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What happens when you eat? How does a breakfast of scrambled eggs with spinach and multi-grain toast with grass-fed butter turn into nutrients that your cells can use? Please describe how the foods in this meal are mechanically and chemically digested into individual nutrients (carbohydrates, proteins, fats, vitamins, and minerals, and how & where these nutrients are absorbed. Include the organs the foods travel through, as well as the accessory organs that help in various ways along the journey. Don’t forget to mention the substances (enzymes, acids, etc) that aid in the process. Also describe what happens to any undigested food or waste products.

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