What is the difference between nutrition and digestion?

Nutrition is the process of obtaining various substances and energy by living organisms. Food includes various substances that are necessary for the creation of new cells in the body, as well as for supplying the body with energy, which is necessary for the processes taking place in the body.

Digestion is the mechanical and chemical processing of food. In the processing of incoming food and its assimilation by living organisms is the process of digestion.

Thus, the nutritional process precedes the digestion process.



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