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Your Body Never Sees Food
You ate a sandwich. Nothing that reached your blood had ever been a sandwich.
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Blood Sugar Levels
Blood sugar level is the concentration of glucose, a simple sugar used for energy, dissolved in your bloodstream.
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Essential amino acid
Humans cannot synthesize nine of the amino acids used to build proteins, meaning they must be supplied entirely by the foods in your diet.
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Intestinal villus
An intestinal villus is a tiny, finger-like projection lining the inside wall of the small intestine.
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Portal vein
The portal vein is a large blood vessel in the abdomen that carries blood from the digestive organs and spleen straight to the liver.
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Glycogen
Glycogen is a branched chain of glucose sugar molecules packed together for quick energy storage in animals, fungi, and bacteria.
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Lipoproteins
Lipoproteins are microscopic carrier particles made of fats and proteins that transport greasy molecules through watery fluids like blood plasma.
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Dietary fiber
Dietary fiber is the part of plant food that your digestive enzymes cannot break down.
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Short-chain fatty acid
Short-chain fatty acids are energy-rich molecules made by gut bacteria fermenting dietary fiber, powering the cells lining your colon.
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Thermic effect of food
The thermic effect of food is the amount of energy your body burns above resting levels to process, absorb, and store nutrients from a meal.