What Food Is Absorbed by Lacteal and How?
                                
                                
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                                Did you know that not all nutrients travel the same path into your bloodstream? The milky-white fluid known as chyle, which fills the lacteals after a meal, is primarily made of the dietary lipids and fat-soluble vitamins that these specialized vessels absorb from the small intestine.