digestion

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Soluble fiber can also help regulate blood sugar by slowing digestion and reducing sudden spikes in glucose levels.

From Science Daily • Mar. 8, 2026

Soluble fiber dissolves in water and slows digestion, while insoluble fiber helps move waste through the digestive tract.

From Science Daily • Mar. 8, 2026

Food waste is instead taken through a process called anaerobic digestion to create biomethane.

From BBC • Feb. 24, 2026

In addition to being cleaner for the environment, he said it could be "cheaper to get rid of that waste through an anaerobic digestion plant" than other methods.

From BBC • Feb. 24, 2026

The smells of life and richness, of death and digestion, of decay and birth, burden the air.

From "Cannery Row" by John Steinbeck