We eat about 500kg of food per year. 1.

7 liters of saliva is produced each day

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esophagus is approximately 25cm long. Muscles contract in waves to move the food down the esophagus. This means that food would get to a person's stomach, even if they were standing on their head.
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takes around 10 seconds for food to go down the skinny little tube or the esophagus

Food

is passed through the esophagus by the process of peristalsis. Peristalsis is the rhythmic contraction of smooth muscles to propel contents through the digestive tract

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adults stomach can hold approximately 1.5 liters of material.

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of different kinds of enzymes are needed to properly digest food. Cooking destroys food enzymes, forcing the body to make its own. Over time the body may tire of this extra work, leaving room for possible indigestion.

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Secretes

some enzymes and hydrochloric acid (HCL) to break down protein. Within 26 hours, all food is emptied into the small intestine.

70-year-olds

may produce as little as half the enzymes they produced when they were 20.

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age 50, many people will produce only 15% of the HCL they released at age 25, and about a third of all people over the age of 65 secrete.

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most diagrams, the stomach is drawn to look pink, this is because it is made up of smooth muscle. The three layers of stomach muscle help the stomach digest mechanically.

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the large intestine, bacteria live and help dry up food. The bacteria help extract the rest of the nutrients and suck the water out of the food. These bacteria help us make vitamin K.

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every 2 weeks, the human stomach produces a new layer of mucous lining, otherwise the stomach will digest itself.

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human liver performs 500 different functions.

Liver

is the largest and heaviest internal organ of the body and weighs about 1.6 kilos.

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Liver is the only organ of the body, which has the capacity to regenerate itself completely even after being removed almost completely.

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human stomach contains about 35 million small digestive glands.

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an average person, it takes 8 seconds for food to travel down the food pipe, 3-5 hours in small intestine and 3-4 days in the large intestine.

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human body takes 6 hours to digest a high fat meal and takes 2 hours for a carbohydrate meal

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the colon, a typical person harbors more than 400 distinct species of bacteria

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average male will eat about 50 tons of food during his lifetime in order to sustain a weight of 150 pounds.

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liver is the second largest organ in the body, second only to your skin.