How Dietary Fat Travels through Your Body
Dietary fat changes physical form during digestion and absorption so poorly water-soluble lipids can travel through the body’s watery fluids.
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What Happens to Food after It Leaves Your Stomach?
The small intestine mixes and moves chyme as enzymes break down food, bringing nutrients close to the surface where absorption occurs.
How Your Body Digests and Absorbs Dietary Fat
Dietary fat digestion combines physical dispersal by bile salts with enzyme breakdown, producing lipid components that intestinal cells can absorb.