Today, we are not going to be exploring the undigestible vegetable called corn! or why it looks the same going in as coming out! You can check out that post yourself by clicking
here!
Perhaps I will explore why it takes two days to digest a steak.
WHAT?
Yeah, you heard me. Heide informed me that it takes two days to digest a steak?
Did you all know this?
In continuing with my fetish on digestion ...
Here's my research today. It comes from The Oprah Show and Dr. Oz. Who the hell is he?
The question posed was ...
How long does it take food to digest?
Have you ever wondered what happens to the food you eat? First, it passes through the esophagus. It moves by a wave of muscle contractions that squeeze the food down at about two inches per second. When the food reaches the stomach, it falls into a churning pool of digestive juices. In the stomach, the food is broken down into easily absorbable ingredients: proteins, sugars and fats. (yeah, yeah, get to the good part!!!)
Then greenish brown bile (yuck) produced in the liver is added to help the breakdown of these fats. By the time the food leaves your stomach and passes into the small intestine, it's unrecognizable (well except for CORN!!). The walls of our intestines absorb the nutrients into our blood and that's how we get the energy we all need to live.
How long does this vital process take? It depends on what you're eating, Dr. Oz says. "A steak dinner can take you two, maybe three days to get out of your intestine. What that means is the way you digest it is basically to rot it in your intestines. (I dont know about ya'll but that sounds disgusting!) On the other hand, if you eat vegetables and fruits, they're out of your system in less than 12 hours." (well, I know that's not true, LOL! cause it's been how many days? two? that's 24!).
What about chewing gum? Is it true that it takes seven years for it to digest? "No," Dr. Oz says. However, this little urban legend can be a good way to "get kids to stop chewing gum."
what's going on with you today?
forget that question ... what are you eating today ??
p.s. I messed around with the background, but I changed it back and forths! LOL so if you come over here and it's green you'll know why! It might be black next time you come over! hee hee!
LIKE??? How 'bout LOVE????????
Reminds me of Paradise!
xx,adam-i-am.
And what is the Bella gettin' into this a.m.? Wants some coffee? I got some bagels!
I just couldn't sleep. I had stuff on my mind, you know how that is ...
Most food needs processing, however, before it can pass into the bloodstream. This starts from the moment that it enters the mouth. Here it is crushed to bits until it is small enough to be swallowed, and enzymes are released that begin to break it down further.
Once it starts its journey down the throat, food reaches the stomach very quickly, but then sits there for about 2 hours. The stomach is where most food is broken down: physically, by the churning motions created by muscles in the stomach wall, and chemically, by enzymes, acids and other gastric juices. The resulting semi-liquid mush passes into the small intestine, from where it is absorbed into the bloodstream. The components that cannot be digested at all, such as dietary fibre, will move along slowly until they reach the large intestine around 6 hours later. Once they arrive there, any water still in them is absorbed so that only the indigestible materials remain. It may take up to 33 hours before they are finally expelled from the body as faeces.
If it takes 2 days for it to get through, you need to up your intake of fluid, or just stop being such a tightass! lol BC
I think you're right. I need to drink more water! every hours 8 ounces that's my new intake!
Uhhh..I think it's going to take me about 7 days to digest this Post!
(i like the template,though)
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So...when are we going to dinner???
xx,adam-i-am.
Sounds good to me!
~~ After dinner, all I want to see is YOU!!
adam-i'm-famished!
I was reading this & saw the reference to the prior one. OMG! I started
Cute & informative post here!
This is from the CD "Amor" that we play and sell in the store now...
I love this!
Now, what on earth has you all fired up about food and digestive processes. Good grief girl, you are going to make me want to stop eating entirely. lol
Sherry
if I didn't know better, I'd say you weren't enjoying my digestive series! wait till you see what's for breakfast!
I'm afraid I'm going to be really, really busy tomorrow morning. I'm going to have to skip breakfast.
Sherry
I'm afraid I'm going to be really, really busy tomorrow morning. I'm going to have to skip breakfast.
Sherry
Sherry, ah shucks!! I thought we might explore whether cream cheese with fruit on a bagel is more digestible than oatmeal! certainly moe palatable!
My hubby likes to announce when his corn made the journey by telling me he saluted a bunch of kernels today. Ugh!
I like the Oz dude, he has taught me a bit now.
pertaining to greens, and reds, and blues etc.etc.etc..but that's all I see...I seen no other colors but black and white..and no flowers..so help me here...one of us is nuts....and I feel just dandy.
Very interesting!
Also - I have been in public restrooms after some people have had that food escape from their bodies and I know for a fact that it must have been in their system longer than 2 to 3 days - cause what I smelled died long before that!