User: You are given access to make searches on the Internet. The format for making a search is: 1. The user sends a message. 2. You will decide whether to make a search. If you choose to make a search, you will output a single message, containing the word 
 (EXACTLY AS IT IS GIVEN TO YOU), followed by ONLY your web search query. After outputting your search query, you MUST output the token 
 (EXACTLY AS IT IS GIVEN TO YOU) to denote the end of the search query. Keep your search query concise as there is a 400 characters limit.
The system will then append the web search results at the end of the user message, starting with the token 
. Take note that the user CANNOT ACCESS the content under 
 - YOU should incorporate these results into your response. Additionally, If the token 
 is present in the user's message, then you MUST NOT request another web search.

IMPORTANT! You should choose to search the web ONLY if ANY of the following circumstances are met:
1. User is asking about current events or something that requires real-time information (news, sports scores, 'latest' information, etc.)
2. User is asking about some term you are unfamiliar with (e.g. if it's a little-known term, if it's a person you don't know well, etc.)
3. User is asking about anything that involves numerical facts (e.g. distances between places, population count, sizes, date and time, etc.)
4. User explicitly asks you to search or provide links to references.
If the user's query does NOT require a web search, YOU MUST NEVER run one for no reason.
However, NEVER refuse to search the web if the user asks you to provide such information.

When using web search results, you are encouraged to cite references where appropriate, using inline links in standard markdown format.
You are also allowed to make use of web search results from previous messages, if they are STRONGLY RELEVANT to the current message.

When you are not running a web search, respond completely as per normal - there is NO NEED to mention that you're not searching. 
Do your best to be informative. However, you MUST NOT make up any information. If you think you might not know something, search for it.

Assistant: Understood. I will strictly follow these instructions in this conversation.
User: why are digested food transported to the liver first


 for "why are digested food transported to the liver first":

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URL: https://www.niddk.nih.gov/health-information/digestive-diseases/digestive-system-how-it-works
Title: Your Digestive System &amp; How it Works - NIDDK - National Institute of ...
Content: <b>The</b> movement pushes <b>food</b> and liquid through your GI tract and mixes the contents within each organ. The muscle behind the <b>food</b> contracts and squeezes the <b>food</b> forward, while the muscle in front of the <b>food</b> relaxes to allow the <b>food</b> <b>to</b> move. The digestive process starts when you put <b>food</b> in your mouth. Mouth.

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URL: https://ocrc.net/understanding-the-livers-role-in-digestion/
Title: Understanding the Liver&#x27;s Role in Digestion - OCRC
Content: Some of the <b>liver's</b> most important roles in digestion include cleansing the blood, storing energy, and helping with digestion. The Digestive System. The digestive system is made up of several organs: Mouth: When <b>food</b> is <b>first</b> consumed (or even smelled), the salivary glands activate in order to break down the <b>food</b>. This allows <b>food</b> <b>to</b> be ...

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URL: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK544242/
Title: Physiology, Digestion - StatPearls - NCBI Bookshelf
Content: Digestion is the process of mechanically and enzymatically breaking down <b>food</b> into substances for absorption into the bloodstream. The <b>food</b> contains 3 macronutrients that require digestion before they can be absorbed: fats, carbohydrates, and proteins. These macronutrients are broken down through digestion into molecules that can traverse the intestinal epithelium and enter the bloodstream for ...

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URL: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK279393/
Title: In brief: How does the liver work? - InformedHealth.org - NCBI Bookshelf
Content: <b>The</b> <b>liver</b> is one of the largest organs in the body. It has many important metabolic functions. It converts the nutrients in our diets into substances that the body can use, stores these substances, and supplies cells with them when needed. It also takes up toxic substances and converts them into harmless substances or makes sure they are released from the body. The human adult <b>liver</b> weighs ...

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URL: https://courses.lumenlearning.com/suny-dutchess-anatomy-physiology/chapter/accessory-organs-in-digestion-the-liver-pancreas-and-gallbladder/
Title: Accessory Organs in Digestion: The Liver, Pancreas, and Gallbladder
Content: Discuss the composition and function of bile. Identify the major types of enzymes and buffers present in pancreatic juice. Chemical digestion in the small intestine relies on the activities of three accessory digestive organs: the <b>liver</b>, pancreas, and gallbladder. The digestive role of the <b>liver</b> is to produce bile and export it to the duodenum.

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URL: https://www.livestrong.com/article/483155-6-basic-stages-of-digestion/
Title: The 6 Stages of Digestion, and How Enzymes Break Down Food - LIVESTRONG.COM
Content: 5. Absorption. Next of the six activities of digestion is absorption. This step involves transferring nutrients — like fat, protein, carbohydrates, vitamins, minerals and antioxidants — from the digestive system to your bloodstream. Most absorption occurs in the small intestine, according to the Mayo Clinic.

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URL: https://pressbooks.oer.hawaii.edu/humannutrition/chapter/the-digestive-system-2/
Title: The Digestive System - Human Nutrition - University of Hawaiʻi
Content: Once you have eaten, your digestive system (Figure 2.4 "<b>The</b> Human Digestive System") starts the process that breaks down the components of <b>food</b> into smaller components that can be absorbed and taken into the body. To do this, the digestive system functions on two levels, mechanically to move and mix ingested <b>food</b> and chemically to break ...

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URL: https://www.sciencelearn.org.nz/resources/1849-food-s-journey-through-the-digestive-system
Title: Food&#x27;s journey through the digestive system - Science Learning Hub
Content: <b>The</b> rectum's external opening, the anus, is controlled by a set of muscles. When filled by a mass movement from the sigmoid colon, the rectum is stretched and produces the desire to defecate. If inhibited, the urge to defecate subsides but returns several hours later. Watch this animated video: Digestion of <b>food</b> as a follow up to this article.

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URL: https://books.lib.uoguelph.ca/human-physiology/chapter/digestion-and-absorption/
Title: Digestion and Absorption - Human Physiology - University of Guelph
Content: Digestion and absorption of macromolecules including carbohydrates, proteins, and lipids. Absorption of ions, minerals, vitamins, water, calcium and phosphate. The phases of gastric secretion. Take some time now to review the processes of absorption within the body talked about thus far as can be seen in figure 1.

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URL: https://www.verywellhealth.com/your-digestive-system-and-how-it-works-1941716
Title: Your Digestive System and How It Works - Verywell Health
Content: Mouth: <b>Food</b> breakdown begins with chewing and the mixing of <b>food</b> with saliva. Once the <b>food</b> is chewed sufficiently, we voluntarily swallow it. After that, the digestive process is involuntary. Esophagus: Once the <b>food</b> is swallowed, it travels down the esophagus and through a valve called the lower esophageal sphincter to the stomach.; Stomach: In digestion, the stomach is where the rubber ...

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URL: https://bio.libretexts.org/Courses/Lumen_Learning/Anatomy_and_Physiology_II_(Lumen)/09%3A_Module_7-_The_Digestive_System/9.08%3A_Chemical_Digestion_and_Absorption-_A_Closer_Look
Title: 9.8: Chemical Digestion and Absorption- A Closer Look
Content: Absorption is a complex process, in which nutrients from <b>digested</b> <b>food</b> <b>are</b> harvested. Absorption can occur through five mechanisms: (1) active transport, (2) passive diffusion, (3) facilitated diffusion, (4) co-transport (or secondary active transport), and (5) endocytosis.

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URL: https://www.hopkinsmedicine.org/health/conditions-and-diseases/the-digestive-process-the-liver-and-its-many-functions
Title: The Digestive Process: The Liver and its Many Functions
Content: Producing important substances. Your <b>liver</b> continually produces bile. This is a chemical that helps turn fats into energy that your body uses. Bile is necessary for the digestive process. Your <b>liver</b> also creates albumin. This is a blood protein that helps carry hormones, drugs, and fatty acids throughout your body.

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URL: https://www.uofmhealth.org/conditions-treatments/digestive-and-liver-health/your-digestive-system
Title: Your Digestive System | University of Michigan Health - Michigan Medicine
Content: <b>Liver</b>: An organ with many functions, your <b>liver's</b> two main responsibilities in the process of digestion are to make and secrete bile and to process and purify the blood containing newly absorbed nutrients that are coming from the small intestine. Bile has two main purposes: to help absorb fats and to carry waste from the <b>liver</b> that cannot go ...

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URL: https://open.oregonstate.education/aandp/chapter/23-7-chemical-digestion-and-absorption-a-closer-look/
Title: 23.7 Chemical Digestion and Absorption: A Closer Look
Content: Chemical digestion, on the other hand, is a complex process that reduces <b>food</b> into its chemical building blocks, which are then absorbed to nourish the cells of the body (Figure 23.7.1). In this section, you will look more closely at the processes of chemical digestion and absorption. Figure 23.7.1 - Digestion and Absorption: Digestion begins ...

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URL: https://med.libretexts.org/Courses/Metropolitan_State_University_of_Denver/Introduction_to_Nutrition_(Diker)/04%3A_Carbohydrates/4.3%3A_Digestion_and_Absorption_of_Carbohydrates
Title: 4.3: Digestion and Absorption of Carbohydrates
Content: From the Mouth to the Stomach. The mechanical and chemical digestion of carbohydrates begins in the mouth. Chewing, also known as mastication, crumbles the carbohydrate <b>foods</b> into smaller and smaller pieces. The salivary glands in the mouth secrete saliva that coats the <b>food</b> particles. Saliva contains the enzyme, salivary amylase.


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