How your body processes food

Video Transcript

"Your colon or your large intestine is the last portion of your digestive tract. it is here and basically when you eat, it enters through your mouth and goes down your esophagus to your stomach and your stomach, there are all of these digestive juices and hydrochloric acid which helps break down your food. From there it is transferred to your small intestine and there is about 19 feet of your small intestine where the majority of the digestive process happens. When you start to absorb your carbohydrates, fats, proteins, your vitamins, minerals and once that is done it is dumped into the large intestine or colon and it is then waste. So your muscles in your colon push out bowel movements and then makes room for more of the digested matter which is now waste from your small intestine to your large intestine to go in through your Ileocecal valve so it is constantly moving, you are always digesting. It's an involuntary process."