The adult, western diet contains between 70-100 g/day of protein. Additionally, 50-100 g/day of protein may be released into the gut as dead cells and secretions. This cannot be absorbed directly; instead, digestion degrades dietary proteins to amino acids.
Protein digestion is considered here in terms of the function of different parts of the gastrointestinal tract:
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