How long would it take an average human female, age in her mid-20s, to digest a cookie? The cookie in question was described as a Snowman Cookie, so I would assume it to be a decorated sugar cookie, possibly a bit larger than an average round sugar cookie. The average human female in question estimated the digestion time at around 4-6 hours. Is that accurate? (I looked on wikipedia, but the digestion article there is very specific about how digestion occurs but less so about how long it takes.) Thanks for your help!
2006-12-05 05:38:11 · 1 answers · asked by supercheesegirl 2 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Biology
After a few essentially all the carbohydrates, fats and proteins that are readily digestible. Some of the rest of the food components is digested by bacteria and other microflora resident in the large intestine. (we get out vitamin K from vitamin E by those bacteria. (we cannot male it ourselves.)
It takes about 48 hours for all the indigestible component to come through the rectum.
Hope that helps,
Doc. Dan.
2006-12-05 12:00:03 · answer #1 · answered by Dan S 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋