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So i've drawn here in order to answer this question, kind of a crude outline of the digestive system.
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So the mouth is up here.
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The stomach here, the liver, other organs that are involved in the digestive system.
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And here in the middle with all the folds in it is the small intestine.
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And then this structure here, of course, is the large intestine or the colon.
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So this question is asking you about this area, specifically the intestines and bacteria within the.
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Intestines.
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So the bacteria in our gut are crucial to aid in digestion.
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And they do so.
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In digesting compounds within food that we can digest ourselves, they do produce vitamins.
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So that is not the correct answer to this question.
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They produce vitamins.
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And vitamins are essentially substances that we get from food, substances that we cannot produce ourselves.
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They also can produce carcinogens, which are substances that can cause cancer, increase risk for cancer.
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And in digesting that food that produces the vitamins, they also produce gases, such as methane, from their carbohydrate metabolism, and that does exit our body through, you know, burping and also flatulence...