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Nutrition Nutrition Eat Right Manage Weight Diet and Health From Shereen Jegtvig, your Guide to Nutrition  Before your body uses nutrients, they have to be digested and absorbed. Here's a few questions and answers digestion. What Hormones Help Regulate Digestion? Your body produces hormones that slow down or speed up the digestive process. They're mostly made by the pancreas or the intestinal tract.... Read more Search Related Topics:  nutrition study guide  digestion  digestive system What’s in the Gastric Juice of the Stomach? The gastric juice is responsible for breaking down the foods you eat and helps kill bacteria that come along for the ride.... Read more Search Related Topics:  digestion  digestive system  stomach What Do Digestive Enzymes Do to Food? Digestive enzymes help you digest your food by breaking it all down into individual nutrients that can be absorbed.... Read more Search Related Topics:  nutrition study guide  digestion  digestive system Which Hormones Regulate Hunger? There are a few hormones that regulate hunger -- that feeling you have when it's time to eat... Read more Search Related Topics:  digestion  nutrition study guide  hunger and satiety Related Searches Food Nutrition Chart Nutrition and Health Nutrition Articles Study of Nutrition Children Nutrition Featured Articles Nutrition for Disease Management and Prevention Kids' Nutrition Nutrition and Women's Issues Shereen on Twitter Shereen on Facebook Shereen on Google+   More from About.com Run Your First 5K Even couch potatoes can be ready for a 5K with just a couple months of training. Read more...> Help! I'm Too Busy Time and stress management tips to help you feel as though you have more time. Read more...> This newsletter is written by: Shereen Jegtvig Nutrition Guide Email Me | My Blog | My Forum   Sign up for more free newsletters on your favorite topics You are receiving this newsletter because you subscribed to the About.com Nutrition newsletter. If you wish to change your email address or unsubscribe, please click here. About.com respects your privacy: Our Privacy Policy Contact Information: 1500 Broadway, 6th Floor New York, NY, 10036 © 2013 About.com   Must Reads How Much Water Do You Need? How Many Calories Do You Need? How Healthy is Your Diet? Anti-Inflammatory Foods 6 Weeks to a Healthy Diet   Follow me on: Advertisement