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Digestion as a state, not a fixed capability
What a body does with a meal depends on more than the meal. Digestion is state-dependent, context-sensitive, and expensive to run — which means the same food behaves differently in different conditions. This section examines nutrition without reducing it to a list of inputs, and without pretending that food explains everything it is asked to explain.
Gut doctors have known for decades that symptoms track poorly with damage a test can see. Take that seriously and digestion looks less like a fixed skill and more like something the body funds or defunds.
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