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Given the following post, respond as if you're commenting on Reddit:
human
What would food look like at each stage of the digestive system?

If I were to say eat brisket for dinner tonight what would it look like when hitting my large intestine, small intestine, stomach etc?
gpt
Food that is partially broken down in the mouth is mixed with saliva and enters the stomach as a bolus, which is basically a mass of food that will look somewhat like a mashed up and slightly more liquid version of what you ate. After leaving the stomach the food is called chyme, which has more of a semiliquid state after mixing with the gastric juices in the stomach. Macronutrients are absorbed in the small intestines, while water, fiber, and some ions are absorbed in the colon. The material entering the colon will more or less be in a liquid form as well. Some metabolites (e.g. vitamins) are also synthesized by gut bacteria and absorbed by the large intestine.