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Himanshu Shekhar
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Happy to see such questions on quora..

We all know that food is essential for us to acquire

energy but we never observe release of energy in the
process of digestion of food.

So, how we get energy from food & will the digested
food further undergoes some processing? YES,

Here is the fate of digested food….

After being broken down in simple form they are

transported to cells with the help of blood vessels. And
now in the Mitochondria of cell they undergo
CELLULAR RESPIRATION, that is, oxidation of end
products in mitochondria.

Cellular respiration involve many steps such as..

Glycolysis

Aerobic respiration

TCA cycle

Cellular respiration is related with the release of energy.

So, this is the fate of end products of digestion.

Please upvote if seems usefull.

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