Name the type of reactions that take place during the process of digestion of food. How do they occur in our body?

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Digestion of food involves physical, chemical and enzymatic breakdown of food into simpler forms. The reaction can be categorized as decomposition reaction. It is brought about in our body by various chemical secretion, enzymes and physical muscular breaking down by the gut wall.

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