How Nutrients Get In, And Wastes Out.
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In a human being, nutrients are necessary for survival. But how are these
nutrients obtained? This report will go into depth on how the food we eat gets
into our cells, and how the waste products that we produce get out of the body.
Also, the unicellular organism Paramecium will be compared with ....
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be processed into smaller units. Occasionally, the simplest form of sugar, a
monosaccharide such as glucose, is present in food. These monosaccharides do
not require digestion.
Proteins are polymers composed of one or more amino acids. When they are
digested, they produce free amino acids and ammonia.
Vitamins are a vital part of our food that are absorbed through the small
intestine. There are two different types of vitamins, water-soluble (All the B
vitamins, and vitamin C) and ....
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