Life: The Science of Biology
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The reason why food mixtures delivered into stomach by a food tube include proteins, but those delivered into the blood vessels do not.

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The total parenteral nutrition (PN) is a method of feeding where a person is fed intravenously, bypassing normal eating and digestion process. A comatose patient is fed with nutrient mixtures via a food tube, which delivers nutrients into the stomach. However, for a patient with a non-functional gastrointestinal system, the nutrient mixture is delivered directly into the blood vessels.

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