Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- transitive verb To subject (food) to partial digestion, usually through an enzymatic or chemical process, before ingestion.
- transitive verb To render in a simpler style or form.
from The Century Dictionary.
- To digest more or less completely by artificial means before introduction into the body.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- transitive verb (Med.) To subject (food) to predigestion or artificial digestion.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- verb To
digest food in advance ofeating it.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- verb digest (food) beforehand
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Examples
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Lactose intolerance: Probiotic cultures "predigest" some of the lactose in dairy products, making kefir a terrific milk product for people suffering from lactose intolerance.
Leslie Goldman: The Flat Belly Food You Don't Know About: Kefir 2009
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Quite frankly I am always amused at the way some people use any emblems of the South during those years as their style to advance a one sided out dated very predigest agenda.
Virginia governor declares April as Confederate History Month 2010
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We have been designed to accept plant minerals better than rock minerals because plants predigest the minerals for us.
Forever Young M.D. Nicholas Perricone 2010
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It appears fermentation helps predigest the soy and also neutralize all sorts of things that are bad for your thyroid, etc.
Soy Good, Bad...or Both? GreenFertility 2008
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This will effectively kill off all parasites and pathogens and will serve to predigest the fish as well.
Folic acid and cognitive impairment | The Blog of Michael R. Eades, M.D. 2007
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The bacteria in dairy products may do more for us than just predigest lactose and create flavor.
On Food and Cooking, The Science and Lore of the Kitchen Harold McGee 2004
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The bacteria in dairy products may do more for us than just predigest lactose and create flavor.
On Food and Cooking, The Science and Lore of the Kitchen Harold McGee 2004
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In fact, I might be able to predigest some for you, so that" "
Out of Phaze Anthony, Piers 1987
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In fact, I might be able to predigest some for you, so that" "
Out of Phaze Anthony, Piers 1987
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By a trademarked fermentation process known as Flora Ferm ™, 13 species of lactobacillus (acidophilus, bifidus, bulgaricus, sporogenes, etc.) predigest 22 organic whole foods to form a living matrix rich in enzymes, 20 amino acids, a full complex of human gut microflora, and all essential vitamins and minerals.
WN.com - Articles related to Probiotic Use In Mothers Limits Eczema In Their Babies 2010
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