The digestive system breaks down food into smaller molecules that can be absorbed and used by the body. It converts foods into sugars, proteins, and fats that are absorbed into the bloodstream. The major stages of digestion are chewing, swallowing, stomach breakdown using acids and enzymes, further breakdown in the small intestine using juices and enzymes from the liver and pancreas, and absorption of nutrients in the small intestine. Undigested material then moves to the large intestine where water is absorbed before waste is excreted.