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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