Could you digest food standing upside down?!


Question: Could you digest food standing upside down!?
Answers:
Yes, you can swallow and digest food while upside down!. Your esophagus pushes the food down to your stomach!. It doesn't just fall down there by gravity!.Www@FoodAQ@Com

Yes, the esophagus has little "finger" like things that push the food down toward the stomach!. So it doesn't matter how you stand or if you are on earth or in outer space, the food is manipulated down the esophagus by these "fingers"!.Www@FoodAQ@Com

Yes!. You can even drink liquid standing on your head!. Gravity has nothing to do with peristalsis or digestion!.Www@FoodAQ@Com

yes!. smooth muscle pushes the food through your digestive system, not gravity!. Look up peristalsis!.Www@FoodAQ@Com

Of course!. Muscles push your food through your body!. Even water will not escape!.Www@FoodAQ@Com

You couldn't stand if you were upside down now could you!? And yes, you can, astronauts have to do it somehow!.Www@FoodAQ@Com

Yes!.!.!. You should have learned this in elementary school!.Www@FoodAQ@Com

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