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Can someone educate me on how long the body takes to digest food and leave the body? i keep hearing different hours. for example, i ate some diced tomatoes on tuesday and i just barely seen some chunks of them in my poop today?

Q: can someone educate me on how long the body takes to digest food and leave the body? i keep hearing different hours. for example, i ate some diced tomatoes on tuesday and i just barely seen some chunks of them in my poop today?

: This varies with your age, size, what you ate and state of health. The average is 30 hours from ingestion to appearance in the poop.

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Dr. Richard Bensinger answered

This varies with your age, size, what you ate and state of health. The average is 30 hours from ingestion to appearance in the poop.

Dr Kuitems agreed

Answered 7/10/2021

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A member asked:

Can someone educate me on how long the body takes to digest food and leave the body? i keep hearing different hours. for example, i ate some diced tomatoes on tuesday and i just barely seen some chunks of them in my poop today?

A doctor has provided 1 answer

Dr. Richard Bensinger answered

Dr Kuitems agreed

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