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It depends on where in the digestive cycle what breaks them down. Bile makes very large fat globs into very small ones. This allow enzymes called lipases to finish breaking them down so that they can be absorbed.

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In the human body, the process of breaking down carbohydrates is metabolizing

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Lipase.

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