digestion
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Alongside those, he said many had had chosen to make use of the latest medical advances in controlling appetite and digestion.
From BBC ● Oct. 29, 2026
It also estimates which products of digestion are absorbed and which leave the body as waste.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 12, 2026
By bringing human digestion and microbial metabolism into a single mathematical framework, the researchers have created a tool that could help explain why different diets produce different effects on the body's energy balance.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 12, 2026
Here, gut microbes break down nutrients that escaped earlier digestion, producing compounds such as short-chain fatty acids.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 12, 2026
They ate meals without water or soup, under the theory that liquid accelerated digestion and quickened the return of hunger pangs.
From "Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West" by Blaine Harden
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“Here are some reliable recipes for seasonable candies warranted to be no more harmful to youthful digestions and appetites than most other candies.”
From New York Times ● Oct. 30, 2014
In the face of the barrages of entertainment fired at them by advertisers, U.S. children have not only retained their sanity and their digestions but kept a deadly critical sense.
From Time Magazine Archive
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Few travelers in search of tranquillity and an authentic native culture would risk their dollars or digestions today on such tourist emporiums as San Juan and St. Maarten.
From Time Magazine Archive
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The program had its own special Congressman's nightmare: the thought of raising taxes*raised the hackles on members' necks and troubled their digestions.
From Time Magazine Archive
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They feed on herrings, sprats, mollusca, worms, and small shell-fish, are very voracious, and have excellent digestions.
From Natural History in Anecdote Illustrating the nature, habits, manners and customs of animals, birds, fishes, reptiles, etc., etc., etc. by Various
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