How Digest Food Fast. According to research once food leaves the stomach it can spend an average of 3-7 hours in the small intestines and another 10-30 in the large intestines. After you eat it takes about six to eight hours for food to pass through your stomach and small intestine.
The food arrives at your stomach mixed with saliva in a small lump called a bolus. Once in the stomach hydrochloric acid and more digestive enzymes break the food down. Within 6 to 8 hours the food has moved its way through your stomach small intestine and large intestine.
It is instantly absorbed into your intestines soon after drinking.
Food then enters your large intestine colon for further digestion absorption of water and finally elimination of undigested food. The Healthy Foods That Are Killing You with Dr Steven Gundry and Lewis Howes - Duration. Cells of the small intestine must then catch these nutrients. Water can impact the duration it takes for ingested food to digest.
