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Overview of Food Breakdown
The food that we consume is composed of macronutrients (carbohydrates, proteins, and fats) and micronutrients (vitamins and minerals). Additionally, oftentimes there is water in food.
Food is digested, absorbed, and transported in our body in order to be stored or to be chemically processed, depending on the nutrient.
From a biological perspective, most of what we eat is broken down into glucose and with the presence of oxygen, cellular respiration can occur and yield ATP.
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