Digestion, How long does it take?

[centipede]

If you're like me, you count the hours after eating meals figuringit's 'safe'when a certain amount of time passes.I found the below information from the Mayo Clinic's web page.


http://www.mayoclinic.com/health/dig...system/AN00896
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<H3>How long does it take to digest food — from the time you eat it to the time you excrete it in urine or stool?</H3>
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This can vary — but usually between 24 and 72 hours in healthy individuals. After you eat, it takes about six to eight hours for food to pass through your stomach and small intestine. Food then enters your large intestine (colon) for further digestion and absorption of water. Elimination of undigested food residue through the large intestine usually begins after 24 hours. Complete elimination from the body may take several days.
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[bigemet]

Hey thanks But, by the time food has passed thru your stomach and small intestine, then you wouldn't be sick right? Because if something's wrong, it should give symptoms in the stomach or the small intestine, it can't go into the colon if there's something wrong with it?


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[itbrachiebby]

yeah my dad told me this when i thought i was gonna get sick an vo***. he said it takes 6 to 8 hours to digest and he told me it had been 7 hours since i had eaten anything so that i was goin to vo*** an i felt much better an relieved. sooo :]

[madisonsmom]

Keep in mind though... when you come in contact with a sv your digestion slows down.

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[lgood22573]

Yep or stops completely.

[centipede]

I also want to point out too that if you have an sv, you may v* whether there is food in your stomach or not.

[sage]

Anxiety is another thing that completely stops your digestive process (sympathetic nervous system). If you can relax through breath work, your parasympathetic nervous system will kick in and digestion will begin again. So, as always....relax!

[centipede]

Someone told me that a glass of wine with your meal is good for digestion. I don't know if that's true or if it was his excuse for drinking a glass of wine. Anyone else here this?

[penny77]

yeah my dad told me this when i thought i was gonna get sick an vo***. he said it takes 6 to 8 hours to digest and he told me it had been 7 hours since i had eaten anything so that i was goin to vo*** an i felt much better an relieved. sooo :]

My dad once told me the exact same thing! I don't know if it's actually true or not, but I have never v* more then a few hours after eating. I remember one night having dinner about 6pm. I drank a can of Coke around 11pm, and when I v* at around 1am, it was only the soda....no food. I am 31, and I still count down 7 hours after I eat. [img]smileys/smilies_01.gif[/img]