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Well ... it makes you healthy by supplying your body with vitamins and nutrients that are used for all sorts of internal procedures that take part in your body.
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What does a mouth do during digestion?
Starches are broken down by amylase, the enzyme in saliva. Food particles are physically broken down by the act of chewing and grinding the food into a ball that can be swallowed (called a bolus).
Without digestive enzymes the meal is useless to the body is this statement valid?
Yes. In order for the body to use food, the food must be broken down into it's most basic elements. Complex carbohydrates are broken into simple carbohydrates, proteins are broken down into amino acids and fats are broken down into fatty acids. Some of this break down takes place because of the acids in your stomach, but enzymes in the stomach and mouth are required to further dismantle food into usable nutreints.
Process of breaking down food?
The process of breaking down food is called digestion.
Which body part starting with you breaks up the food you eat?
your food begins to break down in your oral cavity....meaning your teeth as you begin to chew and then the food is broken down by amylase that is contained in your salivary glands.....
What body system ingests food?
The digestive system ingests, digests and eliminates. We ingest when we eat food, the food is then digested (broken down) and what we can not use, we eliminate.
Why must be food be broken down in your body?
Fat reserves in the body can be mobilized and broken down to release energy.
What happens when food is broken down?
You get energy into your body.
Where food is physically broken down into smaller pieces by chewing?
That would be the mouth. Hope this helps.
What is Chemical Breakdown?
Chemical Breakdown is the digestion of food being broken down by bones and physically.
What is the process by which food is broken down into substance that can be used by the cells of the body?
mechanical
What is the part of plant food that are not broken down by the body during digestion?
Cellulouse
What happens to food when you eat?
The food gets digested. Digestion is the process of food being broken down in your body, and turned into energy your body can use.
How do oxygen and food nutrients reach the different part of the body?
to put simple food is broken down
Is enzyme a food additive?
No, an enzyme is a chemical that is in your body and breaks down food in your body. For example starch is broken down by the enzyme Lipase. Hope this helps. X
What does a mouth do during digestion?
Starches are broken down by amylase, the enzyme in saliva. Food particles are physically broken down by the act of chewing and grinding the food into a ball that can be swallowed (called a bolus).
What part of the digestive system does the body absorb broken down food particles?
the stomache
What is the meaning of to digestive?
to digest: your body digests food as it goes down your body, digesting is where in your body the food is broken down until it reaches the bottom! serving for or pertaining to digestion; having the function of digesting food: the digestive tract.
