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Do you absorb calories if you throw up an hour after eating?

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Food absorption starts the moment you begin chewing, with studies showing that even immediate purging can only remove around 50% of ingested calories. This means that if you throw up an hour after eating, you will definitely have absorbed a significant portion of those calories, though not all. The belief that purging fully eliminates calories is a dangerous misconception.