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What is the most important During digestion carbohydrates are broken down into simple sugars?
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What carbohydrates require a process of digestion in order to be broken down into glucose and help maintain proper blood sugar levels?
Complex carbohydrates require digestion in order to be broken down into glucose and to help maintain proper blood sugar levels.
What is the process by which food is broken down into usable forms?
its called digestion
What is the word equation for metabolism?
i dont know i need to find out tooo please help
What tags protein with carbohydrates and lipids in a cell?
You seem mixed up in your question: Lipids break down fats in the digestive system Protein does all sorts Carbohydrates are broken down in digestion into glucose Tags are search references for digital file archiving
Why is digestion of glucose a chemical or physical change?
Digestion of Carbohydrates begins in the mouth where Amylase breaks down starch. (amylase is an enzyme). The rest of the digestion occurs mainly in the small intestine where enzymes break down large carbohydrates into small simple sugar forms called glucose. The glucose is then absorbed into the blood stream.
During digestion carbohydrates are broken down into simple sugars the most important one is what?
glucose
During digestion carbohydrates are broken down into simple sugars. The most important one is?
glucose
Into what substance do most carbohydrates break down during digestion?
Carbohydrates are broken down into glucose in your body.
Chemical compounds that are converted to glycogen when broken down during digestion?
carbohydrates
What are the basic parts into which carbohydrates are broken down during digestion?
Carbon hydrogen and oxygen
What carbohydrates require a process of digestion in order to be broken down into glucose and help maintain proper blood sugar levels?
Complex carbohydrates require digestion in order to be broken down into glucose and to help maintain proper blood sugar levels.
What is digestion in simple words?
Digestion in humans is the process by which nutrients such as proteins, fats, and carbohydrates in the food consumed are broken down to its respective components.
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).
In what order is protein broken down during digestion?
Polypeptides, peptides, amino acids
What happens in the stomach during the digestion?
what orgens resposible for digestion
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 carbohydrates require a prolonged process of digestion in order to be broken down?
Incorrect. Carbohydrates are digested and absorbed into the bloodstream at a much faster rate than fats and proteins. The speed at which eaten carbohydrate enter the blood stream as sugar is called the glycemic index with a range of 0 to 100. The higher the number, the faster carbohydrates increase the level of sugar in the bloodstream.
