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Complex sugars, in good proportions these are good. However to much can be bad for you.
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∙ 12y agostarches change to fatty acids
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What do enzymes have to do with the digestive system?
Enzymes such as salivary amylase help break down starches and carbohydrates during digestion.
The secretions of the salivary glands begin the digestion of what?
starches
What classes of nutrients requires the least amount of digestion?
Starches
Where does chemical digestion begin for starches?
Chemical digestion of starch begins in the mouth.
Enzymatic digestion of starches takes place in the small intestine and?
Mouth
How is digestion a chemical change?
Food digestion is a chemical change. Chemical reactions catalyzed by enzymes break down the food ingested into its component particles and these particles cannot be put back together through mechanical means.
What salivary glands do in your body?
It produces a very important enzyme which is essential to digestion of starches,
What enzymes is produced in the salivery glands?
One of them is salivary amylase that initiates the digestion of starches.
What does the mouth digest?
The enzymes in the saliva in the human mouth starts digestion on starches, turning them into sugars.
Is mechanical digestion takes place in the mouth?
Yes. Mechanical digestion in the mouth is when you are chewing. There is also chemical digestion which is the enzymes in saliva that start to break up starches into simple sugars in saliva.
Does digestion start before peristalsis takes place?
Yes, digestion starts in the mouth, before peristalsis takes place. The mouth breaks up food, and starts the chemical digestion of starches.
Sugars that can be used by the body with little change during digestion?
simple carbohydrates
