Can someone rewrite this sentence

Chews the food and starts to break down the food, chemically dissolves/digests nutrients for energy, absorbs nutrients, and absorbs water and nutrients and gets rid of waste

Consumes food, then breaks down the food. After it chemically dissolves the nutrients for the energy it need when is absorbs nutrients, and water. Then it releases the waste it needs and rids it from its body. (Just change a bit of the wording if it is talking about plants. Or use grammerly.com)