Rates of Digestion

Rates of Digestion

The 1989 publication Oglivie's Encyclopedia of Useful Information gives a (far from scientific) chronology of the time taken to digest various foods:

Rice..........1 hour Milk (raw).....1 1/4 hours Apples.......1 1/2 hours Eggs (raw).....1 1/2 hours Milk (boiled).....2 hours Eggs (boiled)....3 hours Beef (roast)......3 hours Bread (fresh)....3 1/4 hours Carrots (boiled)...3 1/4 hours Butter.....3 1/2 hours Cheese.....3 1/2 hours Turnips(boiled)....3 1/2 hours Fowls (roast).....4 hours Cabbage.....4 1/2 hours Veal (roast).....5 1/2 hours Source: Schott's Food and Drink Miscellany

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