pre-digest

Herbivores: well-developed salivary glands which are necessary to pre-digest grains and fruits

Request for help promoting our new book | The Blog of Michael R. Eades, M.D. 2009

Humans: well-developed salivary glands, which are necessary to pre-digest, grains and fruits

Request for help promoting our new book | The Blog of Michael R. Eades, M.D. 2009

* Meat-eaters: salivary glands in mouth not needed to pre-digest grains and fruits.

Request for help promoting our new book | The Blog of Michael R. Eades, M.D. 2009

Herbivores: have alkaline saliva with ptyalin to pre-digest grains

Request for help promoting our new book | The Blog of Michael R. Eades, M.D. 2009

* Meat-eaters: have acid saliva with no enzyme ptyalin to pre-digest grains

Request for help promoting our new book | The Blog of Michael R. Eades, M.D. 2009

Humans: have alkaline saliva with ptyalin to pre-digest grains

Request for help promoting our new book | The Blog of Michael R. Eades, M.D. 2009

But if you want your message served by the 24-hour news outlets I'm sorry but you have to pre-digest your complex ideas into memorable bite-sized nuggets.

Trey Ellis: Obama, Throw Us a Rhyme, Anytime 2008

In my case, I rely on the prophetic and erudite visionary Thomas L. Friedman to pre-digest the steady stream of unpronounceable Arabic names and crazy-quilt geography coming out of the Middle East, and present it to me in an easy-to-comprehend format along the lines of Schoolhouse Rock.

Tom Friedman Puts on Dark Glasses and Discovers the Sun 2007

"The milk that I'm drinking is straight from the cow, so it has the enzymes to pre-digest the proteins that are in it," Buttery says.

NPR Topics: News 2010

"The milk that I'm drinking is straight from the cow, so it has the enzymes to pre-digest the proteins that are in it," Buttery says.

NPR Topics: News 2010