How much time the body needs to digest the food ?

The times required to digest:

- When you drink water on an empty stomach, it is located on the spot in the intestine.

- Is the absorption of fruit and vegetable juices 15-20 minutes.

- Is digested mixed salad (vegetables and fruits) during the period of 20-30 minutes.

- Watermelon digested for 20 minutes.

- Melons need to 30 minutes until the digest .Also oranges, grapes, grapefruit, half an hour

- Is digested apples, pears, peaches, cherries, sweet fruit for 40 minutes.
 

- Vegetables such as tomatoes, lettuce, cucumbers, celery and green pepper or red, require to be addressed from 30-40 minutes.

- Turnips, carrots, and require at least 50 minutes.

- For digestion of starchy vegetables Mthelaljos, pumpkin, sweet potatoes, regular, chestnuts, you will need to almost an hour.

- Starchy foods such as rice, buckwheat, barley, in average 60-90 minutes to digest.
- Beans - starch and proteins. Lentils, beans, chickpeas, peas and other require 90 minutes to absorb.

- Sunflower seeds, pumpkin, melon, pear, sesame digested for about two hours.

- Accommodate these nuts such as almonds, filberts, peanuts, walnuts, Brazil nuts from 2.5 to 3 hours.

All figures shown above are average values​​.
Digestion time also depends on the individual and the amount of food eaten