Do liquids digest the same as food?
                                
                                
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                                While both solid foods and liquids pass through the same basic pathway in the digestive tract, liquids generally pass through the stomach and are absorbed far more quickly. This accelerated process is because the body does not need to perform extensive mechanical and chemical breakdown on liquids, unlike the complex digestion required for solid foods.