How are different components of food assimilated in the cell?
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After you eat, your body breaks down food during digestion, absorbs the nutrients, and distributes them to cells during assimilation. Assimilation gets the nutrients from your food to your cells where they are used for growth and repair
As the food gets broken down into smaller and simpler particles, it has to get absorbed into the bloodstream.
It is only through the blood and circulatory system that the digested food reaches various cells and tissues.
Blood coming from the digestive organs carries simple sugars, glycerol, amino acids, and a few vitamins and salts to the liver.
The liver stores and processes these substances. They are also detoxified here. It delivers the nutrients to the rest of the body, as and when needed.
This entire process is summed up as Absorption and Assimilation.