Digestion
noun
The process your body uses to break down food into nutrients.
Eating fiber helps with digestion.
Often appears as...
- improve digestion
- poor digestion
noun
The ability to understand or comprehend information.
His slow digestion of new ideas frustrates his team.
Often appears as...
- digestion of information
- slow digestion
noun
The process of breaking down large amount of data into smaller, more manageable parts.
This software aids in the digestion of large data sets.
Often appears as...
- data digestion
- digestion process
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Technical
noun
The process your body uses to break down food into nutrients.
Eating fiber helps with digestion.
Often appears as...
- improve digestion
- poor digestion
noun
The ability to understand or comprehend information.
His slow digestion of new ideas frustrates his team.
Often appears as...
- digestion of information
- slow digestion
noun
The process of breaking down large amount of data into smaller, more manageable parts.
This software aids in the digestion of large data sets.
Often appears as...
- data digestion
- digestion process
Usage tips
Technical
Definition 1 of 3
Pro Tip 1/3Beyond Eating
Digestion implies more than just eating; it involves the whole process until nutrient absorption.
Despite having a big meal, his digestion seems ineffective and he gets tired quickly.
Pro Tip 2/3Physical Process
Digestion is biological, starting in the mouth with chewing and ending in small intestine.
Chewing your food properly is the first step in good digestion.
Pro Tip 3/3Health Context
The term often appears in health-related discussions emphasizing diet and body function.
To aid her digestion, she started including probiotics in her diet.
Pro Tip 1/3Beyond Eating
Digestion implies more than just eating; it involves the whole process until nutrient absorption.
Despite having a big meal, his digestion seems ineffective and he gets tired quickly.
Pro Tip 2/3Physical Process
Digestion is biological, starting in the mouth with chewing and ending in small intestine.
Chewing your food properly is the first step in good digestion.
Pro Tip 3/3Health Context
The term often appears in health-related discussions emphasizing diet and body function.
To aid her digestion, she started including probiotics in her diet.
Pro Tip 1/3Beyond Eating
Digestion implies more than just eating; it involves the whole process until nutrient absorption.
Despite having a big meal, his digestion seems ineffective and he gets tired quickly.
Pro Tip 2/3Physical Process
Digestion is biological, starting in the mouth with chewing and ending in small intestine.
Chewing your food properly is the first step in good digestion.
Pro Tip 3/3Health Context
The term often appears in health-related discussions emphasizing diet and body function.
To aid her digestion, she started including probiotics in her diet.
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Why are sharks so...
Here, venous blood warmed up by the shark's working muscles passes right next to arteries carrying cold, oxygen-rich blood from the gills. This arrangement transfers heat to the blood that gets cycled back to the body's vital organs. Warmer muscles enable faster, more powerful swimming, while warmer bellies aid digestion,
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A lesson in Bacteria PIPE...
microbiota right now and studying all of the potential ways they can influence our health and disease and it turns out that they actually do many different things so what's probably most obvious is microbes which there are a lot of them in our guts they influence our digestion how we break down or food and
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What does the liver do?...
that transport fatty acids and help form blood clots, to the cholesterol that helps the body create hormones. It also makes vitamin D and substances that help digestion. But one of its most vital products is bile. Like an eco-friendly treatment plant, the liver uses cells called hepatocytes
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Heribert Watzke: The...
has these programs which run. It senses the food; it knows exactly what to do. It senses it by chemical means and very importantly by mechanical means, because it has to move the food -- it has to mix all the various elements which we need for digestion.
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What is a calorie? -...
supports the basic functions of our organs and tissues. That third usage corresponds to your basal metabolic rate, a number of calories you would need to survive if you weren't eating or moving around. Add in some physical activity and digestion,
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What causes antibiotic...
than your body has human cells, many of these bacteria are harmless or even beneficial, helping digestion and immunity. But there are a few bad apples that can cause harmful infections, from minor inconveniences to deadly epidemics.
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What does the pancreas...
It aids digestion by producing a special tonic made of water, sodium bicarbonate, and digestive enzymes. Sodium bicarbonate neutralizes the stomach's natural acidity,
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These Sticky Traps Are...
once an insect becomes stuck nearby glandular hairs coil around and smother their prey the plant then releases enzymes which aid the slow digestion of its victim
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Most Soothing Sir David...
Eating soil is thought to help with digestion, but it also provides minerals and even helps the lemurs to cope with troublesome gut parasites.
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Safari Live - Day 325 PIPE...
obviously get the prey that is eaten but also aid with the process of digestion so we'll sit with him know
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Why are sharks so...
Here, venous blood warmed up by the shark's working muscles passes right next to arteries carrying cold, oxygen-rich blood from the gills. This arrangement transfers heat to the blood that gets cycled back to the body's vital organs. Warmer muscles enable faster, more powerful swimming, while warmer bellies aid digestion,
Video examples
A lesson in Bacteria PIPE...
microbiota right now and studying all of the potential ways they can influence our health and disease and it turns out that they actually do many different things so what's probably most obvious is microbes which there are a lot of them in our guts they influence our digestion how we break down or food and
Video examples
What does the liver do?...
that transport fatty acids and help form blood clots, to the cholesterol that helps the body create hormones. It also makes vitamin D and substances that help digestion. But one of its most vital products is bile. Like an eco-friendly treatment plant, the liver uses cells called hepatocytes
Video examples
Heribert Watzke: The...
has these programs which run. It senses the food; it knows exactly what to do. It senses it by chemical means and very importantly by mechanical means, because it has to move the food -- it has to mix all the various elements which we need for digestion.
Video examples
What is a calorie? -...
supports the basic functions of our organs and tissues. That third usage corresponds to your basal metabolic rate, a number of calories you would need to survive if you weren't eating or moving around. Add in some physical activity and digestion,
Video examples
What causes antibiotic...
than your body has human cells, many of these bacteria are harmless or even beneficial, helping digestion and immunity. But there are a few bad apples that can cause harmful infections, from minor inconveniences to deadly epidemics.
Video examples
What does the pancreas...
It aids digestion by producing a special tonic made of water, sodium bicarbonate, and digestive enzymes. Sodium bicarbonate neutralizes the stomach's natural acidity,
Video examples
These Sticky Traps Are...
once an insect becomes stuck nearby glandular hairs coil around and smother their prey the plant then releases enzymes which aid the slow digestion of its victim
Video examples
Most Soothing Sir David...
Eating soil is thought to help with digestion, but it also provides minerals and even helps the lemurs to cope with troublesome gut parasites.
Video examples
Safari Live - Day 325 PIPE...
obviously get the prey that is eaten but also aid with the process of digestion so we'll sit with him know
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Lynn Coady
Canadian Novelist
The novel, as a genre, was once considered a diversion every bit as frivolous as Facebook, but over the years, we've managed to convince ourselves that reading fiction is as important to our mental digestion as fresh fruits and vegetables are to the processes that take place a little further down.
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Margherita Missoni
Italian Designer
From my grandmother, I started drinking warm water with lemon every morning just before breakfast. That's something she has been doing for years. It has helped me a lot with digestion. And then also eating seasonal fruit and vegetables, like not eating tomatoes in the winter.
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George Bernard Shaw
Irish Playwright
If a woman can, by careful selection of a father and nourishment of herself, produce a citizen with efficient senses, sound organs and a good digestion, she should clearly be secured a sufficient reward for that natural service to make her willing to undertake and repeat it.
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Rebecca Romijn
American Actress
Eating apples is good on so many levels. There's fiber in the skin that's really good for you. It helps with digestion and helps you absorb all the nutrients of everything you've eaten that day. Apples are a really good thing.
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Jack LaLanne
American Athlete
Yes, exercise is the catalyst. That's what makes everything happen: your digestion, your elimination, your sex life, your skin, hair, everything about you depends on circulation. And how do you increase circulation?
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Eve Arnold
American Photographer
What you need to be a good photographer is an overwhelming curiosity and a good digestion. Sometimes you feel blessed with curiosity, sometimes you feel cursed with it.
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Lennon Parham
American Actress
The thing is, if you follow whatever meal you have with Coke, it eats up the other things. It helps with the digestion of it.
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Sunil Chhetri
I have become vegan - I don't take dairy or meat. It has helped me a lot in terms of recovery and digestion.
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Harriet Martineau
English Writer
Men who pass most comfortably through this world are those who possess good digestions and hard hearts.
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Jean-Jacques Rousseau
French Philosopher
Happiness: a good bank account, a good cook, and a good digestion.
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Lynn Coady
Canadian Novelist
The novel, as a genre, was once considered a diversion every bit as frivolous as Facebook, but over the years, we've managed to convince ourselves that reading fiction is as important to our mental digestion as fresh fruits and vegetables are to the processes that take place a little further down.
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Margherita Missoni
Italian Designer
From my grandmother, I started drinking warm water with lemon every morning just before breakfast. That's something she has been doing for years. It has helped me a lot with digestion. And then also eating seasonal fruit and vegetables, like not eating tomatoes in the winter.
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George Bernard Shaw
Irish Playwright
If a woman can, by careful selection of a father and nourishment of herself, produce a citizen with efficient senses, sound organs and a good digestion, she should clearly be secured a sufficient reward for that natural service to make her willing to undertake and repeat it.
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Rebecca Romijn
American Actress
Eating apples is good on so many levels. There's fiber in the skin that's really good for you. It helps with digestion and helps you absorb all the nutrients of everything you've eaten that day. Apples are a really good thing.
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Jack LaLanne
American Athlete
Yes, exercise is the catalyst. That's what makes everything happen: your digestion, your elimination, your sex life, your skin, hair, everything about you depends on circulation. And how do you increase circulation?
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Eve Arnold
American Photographer
What you need to be a good photographer is an overwhelming curiosity and a good digestion. Sometimes you feel blessed with curiosity, sometimes you feel cursed with it.
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Lennon Parham
American Actress
The thing is, if you follow whatever meal you have with Coke, it eats up the other things. It helps with the digestion of it.
Quote examples
Sunil Chhetri
I have become vegan - I don't take dairy or meat. It has helped me a lot in terms of recovery and digestion.
Quote examples
Harriet Martineau
English Writer
Men who pass most comfortably through this world are those who possess good digestions and hard hearts.
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Jean-Jacques Rousseau
French Philosopher
Happiness: a good bank account, a good cook, and a good digestion.
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