Nutrition & You (4th Edition)
Nutrition & You (4th Edition)
4th Edition
ISBN: 9780134167541
Author: Joan Salge Blake
Publisher: PEARSON
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Chapter 3, Problem 8TF
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To examine: Whether the statement “you absorb only 75 percent of the nutrients in your food” is true or false.

Introduction: Digestive system consists of a collection of organs that helps in the digestion of food materials and converts them into the basic energy-rich molecules for supplying it to the entire body. Several organs are involved in the digestive system that starts from the mouth and ends at the anus.

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