0
Want this question answered?
Be notified when an answer is posted
Add your answer:
Earn +20 pts
What carbohydrates is not absorbed by our body?
fiber is not digestible
How is saturated fat digested and absorbed in the intestinal tract?
Broken down into starch and glycose
What nutrient is absorbed into your saliva?
Your saliva does not absorb nutrients. Your saliva breaks down starch into glucose.
What is the first easiest thing to be broke down and absorbed by the body?
Probably starch broken down to sugar.
What is the difference between soluble Non-Starch Polysaccharide and non-soluble Non-Starch Polysaccharide?
soluble is absorbed into the blood and non soluable isn't digested it passes through the body. soluble is absorbed into the blood and non soluable isn't digested it passes through the body.
Does starch stay in the body?
Starch is in the food like rice and bread. So, eating rice and bread means eating starch. When you eat rice or bread, they go to your tummy so starch also goes to your tummy.
What must starch be broken down into in order to be absorbed?
Because of its size, starch can not pass through the cell membrane. So, it must be broken down to its monomer form glucose with enzyme amylase.
What happens when starch boiled?
Starch is energy for our body, glucose can not be stored so it is stored as starch, but before this starch can be used as energy to our body, it must be turned back into glucose, this is done by amylase, it breaks down the starch back into glucose so it can be used.
How does concentration of amylase affect starch digestion?
Starch is a complex carbohydrate or polysaccharide, which consists of many monosaccharide molecules (glucose) joined together.Since the cell in the body has partially permeable membrane, it cannot absorb big size molecules, such as starch and protein.Hence, starch needs to be broken down to glucose before it can be absorbed into the cells of the body.
What happens in the alimentary canal?
Nutrients are absorbed into the bloodstream. Starch is broken down by enzymes. Macromolecules are broken down.
What food molecules is easily absorbed?
Vitamin C molecules, water molecules and glucose molecules are very easily absorbed because they don't have as many particles as starch molecules, protein molecules and fat molecules.
Which nutrient must be converted into a chylomicron when being absorbed?
1. triglycerides 2. glucose 3. starch 4. amino acids
