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Looking for new ways to get some perspective on how our bodies process food, some UK scientists have built an artificial stomach that simulates digestion. The machine is made from plastics and metals, all strong enough to withstand the acids that are part of digestion, and is controlled by computers, able to mimic all the physical and chemical reactions associated with eating. It is even capable of vomiting.
The designer, Dr Martin Wickham, is hopeful that "his model will help scientists understand more about how food gets processed in the gut, and which nutrients get absorbed." This knowledge could lead to new definitions of superfoods, which are supposedly the healthiest of foods, determining which nutrients are absorbed the fastest and how to get the most from what we eat. There are commercial applications, as well, and companies have already shown an interest in borrowing the machine to test out some of their new food products (health-type products) release a specified nutrient to the stomach that the company claims it does.
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11-16-2006 @7:51PM dave thomas said... Eat more burgers!!!
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11-16-2006 @8:31PM jen said... are there any places online to see it in action?
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11-17-2006 @9:40AM jim catanzaro said... I would surely like to see how medications are absorbed and digested in the stomach and whether they conflicted.
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11-29-2006 @8:14AM SUSAN LEARY said... WHAT AMERICANS DON'T REALIZE IS THAT THEY DON'T NEED TO CONSUME THE LARGE AMOUNTS OF FOOD, LIKE THEY DID WHEN THEY WERE YOUNG. AFTER 30, STOP EATING LIKE YOUR 16. GREED AND STUPIDITY ARE JUST TWO OF THE REASONS AMERICANS LOOK LIKE WALKING COWS. SMARTEN UP AMERICA. FOOD DOES NOT HEAL ALL WOUNDS. FOOD IS NOT THERE TO GORGE YOURSELF ON, TO PROVE YOU HAVE A HIGH INCOME. "JUST EAT TO LIVE" AND THEN GO OUT AND LIVE.
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