Digestion time varies among individuals and between men and women. After you eat, it takes about six to eight hours for food to pass through your stomach and small intestine. Food then enters your large intestine (colon) for further digestion, absorption of water and, finally, elimination of undigested food.
Digestion time varies among individuals and between men and women. After you eat, it takes about six to eight hours for food to pass through your stomach and small intestine. Food then enters your large intestine (colon) for further digestion, absorption of water and, finally, elimination of undigested food.
Metabolism rates gradually increase and peak at around 16 to 17 year old then start to decrease. Studies show that men generally have a higher metabolism rate than women do. This means that a 65 year old woman would have a lower metabolism rate then the 65 year old man. The teenagers would have very fast metabolisms.
