There are lots of fascinating facts and figures about digestion. For example, have you ever thought about how much 💩 you produce in a month? At just under 500 grams a day, that adds up to almost 15 kg a month!
Liters of saliva
If this number seems large to you, it will surprise you even more: Every day, our body generates 0.5 - 1.5 liters of saliva! This helps to transport the food through the oesophagus into the stomach. The distance is only 25 cm - but the chyme needs about 7 seconds to reach the bottom.
Stretchy stomach
There are also a few fascinating facts about the stomach: When empty, its internal volume is about the size of an apricot. But the stomach is incredibly elastic: while most people feel full at 500 milliliters, in extreme cases it can expand to up to 3 liters.
Meter-long Gut
After the stomach, the food is transported through our Gut . For an adult, this means a journey of an impressive 5.5 - 7.5 meters in length - four times our body size. The duration of the passage depends on the food consumed: Watermelon can be digested in a few hours - a steak takes the body many hours.
Countless intestinal bacteria
Our intestinal bacteria play a crucial role in the digestive process. And that brings us to the last fascinating figure: would you have thought that we harbor about as many bacteria as we have cells in our bodies? There are 39 trillion bacteria for every 30 trillion cells - incredible!
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