How Are Water And Other Fluids Digested In The Human Body?

Water and other fluids follow the same journey as other types of food, but in their case, the process involves absorption, rather than digestion.

We know that the food we eat goes straight down our esophagus (a.k.a., the food pipe) and into our stomach. We have already covered the entire journey of food through the long digestive system in this article.

Several readers have recently asked us what happens to water and other liquids such as tea, coffee, and alcohol in the gut. Do they follow the same route as “solid” foods, or do they have another, quicker route for digestion, especially because they are liquids?

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How Are Water And Other Fluids Digested In The Human Body?

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