what happened in the digestion track when someone is fasting?

Question: what happened in the digestion track when someone is fasting?
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Asked by 676bm1925 to Peter, Jonathan, Grace, Doris, David, Ann on 5 Jun 2019.
- Grace Kago answered on 5 Jun 2019: last edited 5 Jun 2019 1:35 pm
  
  When someone is fasting, they are not eating therefore all the components of the digestive system including the enzymes etc. are “resting” and not digesting food 🙂 Intermittent fasting has actually been suggested to help the digestive system function better, because it gets a brief break

Question: what happened in the digestion track when someone is fasting?