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Sugars such as glucose that are used as an energy source for your body. The brain and nervous system rely heavily on carbohydrates to function as well.
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∙ 15y agoCarbohydrates are broken down into monosacharides, or simple sugars.
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∙ 14y agoCarbohydrates break down into smaller sugars like glucose. -JCG
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∙ 10y agoThey breaks down from their polysaccharides (long chain of simple sugars) and disaccharies (dimers-which are a double sugar) into their monosaccarides. eg. Glucose (simple sugar)
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What is the nutrient digested in the mouth?
Starch (carbohydrates) is broken down (digested) to maltose by salivary amylase.
What happens to the carbohydrates after the food is digested?
Mainly carbohydrates like starch,sucrose are broken down to glucose to use in respiration.
Do enzymes break down into simple sugars?
No, protein is broken down into amino acids. Simple sugars are only formed when carbohydrates are digested.
What are carbohydrates fats and proteins broken down to in the small intestine?
Carbohydrates and fats are broken down in the digestive tract into the simple sugars, glucose, fructose, and galactose. The latter two can be converted by the body into glucose, which is distributed throughout the body via the bloodstream and is broken down into Carbon Dioxide and water in the mitochondria of cells. Proteins are broken down into their constituent amino acids, which are used to assemble new proteins throughout the body.
Can proteins be broken down and used for energy?
No, protein is broken down into amino acids. Simple sugars are only formed when carbohydrates are digested.
What are nutritions found in carbohydrates in the body?
Carbohydrates, proteins, and fats are digested in the intestine, where they are broken down into their basic units.Carbohydrates into sugars,Proteins into amino acids,Fats into fatty acids and glycerol
What are complex carbohydrates broken down into?
Complex carbohydrates are broken down into simple carbohydrates -- also known as sugar.
Which type of food is digested down to simple sugar?
carbohydrates
What are fats proteins and carbohydrates broken down into?
Proteins are broken down into amino acids, carbohydrates are broken down into sugars and fats are broken down into fatty acids and glycerol.
What nutrients need to be digested before absorbed?
If this is for a Basic Nutrition chapter assignment, the choices are as follows: a. vitamins b. minerals c. water d. carbohydrates The answer that you are looking for is carbohydrates. Proteins, lipids, and carbohydrates must be digested before they are absorbed.
What is the chemical reaction used to break down carbohydrates?
Carbohydrates begin digestion in the mouth with the help of the enzyme salivary amylase this process continues in the duodenum with the help of the enzyme amylase and it finishes off in the illeum still using amylase. Carbohydrates are broken down into polysaccharides which are chains of sugar and are then broken down into monosaccharides which are simple sugars. monosaccharides are the final break own product for carbohydrates. Proteins are digested in the stomach using the enzyme pepsin. continues to the duodenum and uses the enzyme trypsin and continues then to the illeum and uses the enzyme erepsin. proteins are broken down into polypeptides after this they are broken down into dipeptides and after this are then broken down into amino acids which is the final breakdown product. fats are broken down in the duodenum and the illeum . they are broken down in both using the enzyme lipase. they are broken down into fatty acids first and then into glycerol. glycerol is the final breakdown product for fats.
What food group does amylase break down?
Amylase breaks down carbohydrates. Amylase is a digestive enzyme that is needed in order for carbohydrates to be digested properly.
