At what point in the body is a calorie used?!


Question: I was wondering because last night I took a pain pill and vomited a few minutes later, finding a pudding cup and then the speghetti from dinner. If I threw something up that was half digested, did some of the calories get absorbed or none of them? Does food need to make it into my intestines to be used? Just a little confused, not bulimic.


Answers: I was wondering because last night I took a pain pill and vomited a few minutes later, finding a pudding cup and then the speghetti from dinner. If I threw something up that was half digested, did some of the calories get absorbed or none of them? Does food need to make it into my intestines to be used? Just a little confused, not bulimic.

Food, other than alcohol and water, has almost no absorption prior to entering the small intestine. So any food that passed from the stomach into the small intestine was "absorbed" and that which was still in the stomach was not.

Different foods get absorbed in different parts of the body, starting right from the mouth. You absorb sugars right in your mouth. Your stomach also absorbs some nutrients too but it's main job is to break the food down so the intestines can digest most of the food.





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