Your body makes about 1litre of saliva every day.
You get a new stomach lining every three days.
Chewing is actually the first stage of digestion.
The small intestine is actually much longer than the large intestine.
A meal may take up to three days to pass through your digestive system.
In the mouth, food is either cooled or warmed to a more suitable temperature.
We eat about 500kg of food per year.
If you were to stretch and smooth out the surface area of the small intestine it would cover a football field.
You get a new stomach lining every three days.
Chewing is actually the first stage of digestion.
The small intestine is actually much longer than the large intestine.
A meal may take up to three days to pass through your digestive system.
In the mouth, food is either cooled or warmed to a more suitable temperature.
We eat about 500kg of food per year.
If you were to stretch and smooth out the surface area of the small intestine it would cover a football field.
