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Nutrition and Digestion Overview by Samantha Collyn Gomez is a document available to read on EtoBox.

1) Nutrition involves the processes by which animals take in, digest, absorb, store, and use food to meet their metabolic needs, while digestion is the breakdown of food into smaller particles that cells can absorb. 2) Digestion involves both mechanical and chemical breakdown of food. Mechanical digestion begins with chewing, while chemical digestion uses digestive enzymes. 3) Nutrients are broken down into smaller molecules that can then be absorbed and used by cells to carry out metabolic functions and

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Samantha Collyn Gomez

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