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by Sir yhvhash on October 5th, 2009
The body uses food for energy, growth, and repairs. The assets in whatever food you are eating need to be broken down in order to convert those assets into a usable form. One of the first requirements of being usable is that it has to be made small/fine enough to be absorbed into the blood stream where it can be delivered to the body.
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by barsoom_redux on October 5th, 2009
Because it's hard to shove a cheeseburger into a single cell.
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by Jack wears love COAT on December 7th, 2007
Because for every cell you need nourishment.Cells don't take them in solid formcoz they themselves are in nano size.So only if food is broken down to atomic and/or molecular form, they can take it.
by Cyndi Ninja on December 7th, 2007
The only thing I would add to Jack's answer is that not everything in the food you eat provides nourishment to your cells. The body must break it down into what is useful and what is waste, so that it can use what's needed (or store for later) and excrete what's waste.
by Anonymous on October 5th, 2009
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by Thriftymaid on October 5th, 2009
Because it wouldn't taste very good if we refined it (like petroleum) before digesting it.
by Abbie_xx on October 12th, 2008
because if you dont then u can chocke or it has to sort it out in to two piles whats needed and what's not needed.so it can get all the good stuff like vitimins out of it.
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