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your gut quietly running a 30-foot chemical factory you never thanked once
means To break food down in the body so it can be absorbed, or, by extension, to mentally process and absorb information until you've fully taken it in.
from From Latin 'digerere,' meaning to separate, divide, or arrange — a compound of 'dis-' (apart) and 'gerere' (to carry or bear). The same root that lets you carry food apart into usable pieces also lets you carry ideas apart into understanding, which is why a 'digest' can be a summary that arranges scattered facts into order.
- runtime
- food's journey takes up to 72 hours
- second brain
- your gut holds 100 million neurons
- acid power
- stomach acid can dissolve metal
- word origin
- Latin digerere, to separate and distribute
- keeps moving
- muscles push food even upside down
digestive system — human body's 30-foot tube from mouth to anus that breaks down food into nutrients
reader's digest — monthly magazine founded 1922, 100+ million readers at peak circulation
legal digest — west publishing's case summaries used in us law schools since 1887