What is the efficency of digesting food.

Subject: What is the efficency of digesting food.

Date: Mon Oct 4 17:12:58 1999
Posted by Jonathan Mertus
Grade level: 7-9 School: Henry Barnard
City: Providence State/Province: RI Country: USA
Area of science: Biophysics
ID: 939071578.Bp

Message:


A piece of bread contains 70 Calories. But how much of this is actually 
absorbed by the body.  If it was 100%, dung beetles would starve to death.
Since there are dung beetles, we can conclude < 100% of the calories in 
bread is absorbed.

Also are there different efficiency for bread, apples and pure sugar?

Thank you

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