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345: Expert Edition: Assistant Prof Patrick Wilson (PhD) REWIRED, Sport Nutrition Scientist: The Athlete’s Gut

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The Gut: A 30-Foot-Long Structure Responsible for Digesting and Absorbing the Food That We Eat

The gut is a 30-foot-long structure responsible for digesting and absorbing the food that we eat or the fuel. The stomach continues to work on the food that you've ingested mechanically, but there's also enzymatic processes that are working there. From the stomach, you go into the small intestine where most of the absorption happens. And then finally, the last part is the colon, which also does some absorption. It reabsorbs some water that's left over, that hadn't been absorbed in the small intestine,. Some electrolytes. But it's also a spot of fermentation. So, especially things like undigested carbohydrates. If they make it to your colon, they

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