Today, I thought we’d go back to the basics and talk about Digestion 101, because digestion is truly a foundation of health.
Digestion, by definition, is the process of mechanically and enzymatically breaking down food into substances for absorption into the bloodstream. It involves two main processes: mechanical digestion and chemical digestion. Mechanical digestion means physically breaking down food into smaller particles so it can go through chemical digestion more efficiently. Chemical digestion uses enzymes, acids and other digestive juices to further break it down into smaller components that can pass through the gut lining and be absorbed into the bloodstream. It involves the whole body and multiple organs. While we could really deep dive into each organ, how it works, it’s role in digestion, etc. this blog post would be the longest you ever seen in your life and so we’re going to touch on the highlights.
