This Is The Funniest Question Ive Ever Answered :s - I Find Weird Things Funny... Anyway... When you eat or drink it is transported from your mouth down into your stomach, where it is churned up and broken down by acidic juices, this mixture is emptied, bit by bit, into your gut through the lower opening of your stomach (pylorus). (click here to know more about your small and large intestine) To be able to understand what happens to food you need to understand how food is made up. The food we eat can be split into 3 main groups: carbohydrates (sugar or starch), fat and protein. Foods also contain important components which help your body remain healthy such as fibre, vitamins and minerals. In relation to diabetes, carbohydrates are the most important as they are all formed of different sorts of sugars. Remember that other foods can also affect how your carbohydrates are absorbed from your gut; fat and fibre for example tend to slow the absorption of carbohydrate. Food comes in very complex forms and needs to be broken down before it can cross into your blood and help your body work efficiently. This is done by certain chemicals called enzymes. An enzyme is a chemical that breaks down large complex things into smaller simpler ones. When you begin chewing food in your mouth, saliva is produced containing a special enzyme called amylase, which starts to digest the starch and break it down into simple sugars (glucose, fructose and galactose). The digestion of carbohydrates continues in the duodenum and small intestine by enzymes produced by the pancreas. Every cell in your body requires an energy supply in order to live and function efficiently. They get this energy from the food you eat, which reaches all of the cells via the blood. In the small intestine, simple sugars as well as proteins are absorbed directly into the blood by tiny finger-like projections in the walls of the small intestine called villi. Once in the bloodstream, the blood sugar level is carefully controlled by special cells in the pancreas called islet cells
They will be taken up by cells as fuel for energy or as raw material for building or repair.
nutrients
embolus.
hormone
enzymes breaks down food proteins into smaller molecules that can be carried by blood
They get the materials by the food and air they eat and breathe in to receive the glucose and oxygen. This is also why athletes need to have a sports scientist to advice them on food and drink to improve their performance.
Blood carries Oxygen through the body but, not food.
They are carried in the blood.
No, it is carried through the veins.
Your body delivers nutrients into the blood through the food that you eat. As food is broken down the nutrients are absorbed into the blood stream and are then carried to tissues and organs throughout the body.
Yes. It is carried through the veins to the lungs to be exhaled.
embolus.
After eating, food is digested in your stomach and then passed through your small intestine. Nutrients are absorbed through the walls of the small intestine and into your blood stream, where it is carried to cells needing nutrients. Whatever food left over is waste and it is passed out of your body.
hormone
its carried by the blood through a darker substance. Combined with haemoglobin as carboxyhaemoglobin,as bicarbonates in plasma and By dissolving in blood plasma.
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enzymes breaks down food proteins into smaller molecules that can be carried by blood
oxygen has to pass through them to make blood rich
Hormones are chemcial messengers released into the blood stream to be carried through out the body to target cells.