Name two nutrients that do not require digestion before they are absorbed. Explain why is this so?

      

Name two nutrients that do not require digestion before they are absorbed. Explain why is this so?

  

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Veronica
1. vitamins - Because they are organic molecules which the body requires in small amounts, so they are small enough for small intestine to absorb without digestion.

2.minerals - Because they are bound with food and pass through the intestinal tract during digestion.


Ronieh answered the question on August 10, 2018 at 08:00


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