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Why food in our body is digested so fast ?

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The digestion of food in our body takes place through reactions catalysed by enzymes present in our body. These biochemical catalysts are highly efficient. They speed up the rate of reaction by factors as high `10^(20).` Moreover, their very small quantity is needed as they are regenerated very fast of the order of about 1 million times per minute.
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