“How did they reach that conclusion? … If you eat a shrew whole, and excrete its bones, the bones will have specific hallmarks of human digestion, typified by the concentration of stomach acid and so on. In fact a scientific team won an Ig Nobel Prize in 2013 for studying what happens to shrew bones […]
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Prof. Lentle on food and digestion
Roger Lentle is a professor at the Massey Institute of Food Science and Technology New Zealand. Here is an example publication from professor Lentle (along with co-author C. de Loubens) ‘A review of mixing and propulsion of chyme in the small intestine: fresh insights from new methods’ in: Journal of Comparative Physiology B, May 2015, […]
The Human Tube Map
Food & Function (a publication of the Royal Society of Chemistry) is a monthly peer-reviewed journal which provides a unique venue to publish work at the interface of the chemistry, physics and biology of food. For an example article see: Fluid mechanics of eating, swallowing and digestion – overview and perspectives, Jan Engmann and Adam […]