Is it true that it takes years to digest red meat?
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no i think it would be several hours
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Absolutely FALSE. If that were true, I'd weigh 200 punds just by the contents of one year's red meat I'd have in my stomach. It takes from one to three hours, depending on how much you chew it, the quality of the meat, and the other food you take with it.
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red meat can be in your system for up to two weeks...Why? the fat is harder for the digestive system to digest and eliminate from the body. The cells simply attaches themselves to the linings of arteries and attract other fat cells to accumulate causing the fat to stay in your system for a long time. cook something with greece and leave sitting for two minutes and then try washing it, its hard to clean off greece and your bady is the same way
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No, it only feels that way.
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Not at all. Your body has enzymes to break down the proteins that make up meat as well as the fat. Fat is processed into cholesterol (or stored in fat cells around your body) which can line your arteries if you eat too much saturated fat -but this can be avoided by balancing your meal with vegetables and some healthy fats (in moderation) - this is what Berenise was referring to I think. Although cholesterol can last much longer than two weeks. Protein is digested within a few hours. Uncooked meat is treated by your body in the same way - the building blocks are all the same - cooking oly renders food tasty - not digestible. Meat will not hang around in your body for a crazy amount of time. If humans couldn't eat meat it would end up the same as corn kernals - undigested and expelled.
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Not years, but a long time. A lot of different red meat (especially jerky) can sit around in your intestines and cause what is referred to as Colon Plaque. It can take months to fully digest. A McDonalds hamburger can hang around in your intestines for up to 3 months.
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No. Nothing stays in your digestive system that long. Not red meat, not chewing gum, nothing. On average, the length of time it takes for a person to digest their food (from eating to pooping) is 24-72 hours. http://www.mayoclinic.com/health/digestive-system/AN00896
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Not years...but if you eat too much meat at a time, it can slow your digestion Waaaaay down and can even take as long as 2-5 days to digest. Ewww! People get sick off of it all the time without realizing why. Americans have this peculiar notion that humans are carnivores. Not true. What humans are is omnivores, which means they do best with a rather large proportion of plants/plant products in their diet. Edit: Take Nutrition classes if you don't believe me.
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if meat stayed that would mean it was impacted, and you'd become septic and get a terrible infection. You would be in the hospital.
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I takes about a day or more to digest red meat,and other foods as well.The only foods that digest quickly are light fruits like oranges ,apple etc.
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www.jewishveg.com/schwartz/natural.html Dr. Mehmet Oz, standing physician for Bill Clinton's quadruple bypass surgery, and head of Presbyterian Cardiac Division in New York, said on Oprah that in fact it does take FOUR DAYS. go to the above link to learn about how and why.
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I am a nutritionist and it takes approximately 6-7 hours for beef to digest in your body. If your body is eliminating properly it should be eliminated in approximately 24 hours. However, most people do not have proper elimination and some foods may take several weeks to pass through your system.
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Absolutely not. In fact, uncooked vegetables generally take longer to digest and some will not be fully digested by the time they leave your body, because we do not have the digestive system to break down the cellulose structure.
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Come on. Does that make sense. It takes about 3 times as long and taxes the digestive system a lot more than say fruits or vegetables. Lions and cats and all predators who eat meat, sleep 3/4 of each day to digest meat so that does say something for how much energy the digestive system needs to digest meat but it doesn't take years to digest.
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Yea, if you eat 50 years of supply in one go. :P
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meat takes longer to digest .
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if you fully digest things you wouldnt poo, it takes a long time to absorb and break down a lot of things. fiber helps get it out of your body before existing toxins can be harmful.
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nope
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