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Why does most of the food you eat need to be digested?

All food contains complex substances such as carbohydrates, proteins and fats. The body cannot utilise these substances in their complex form. The food consumed is broken down into simpler substances by a procedss called digestion. The digested food can be easily absorbed by the body.


What are small substances that are produced when proteins are digested called?

Small substances produced when proteins are digested are called amino acids. Amino acids are the building blocks of proteins and are absorbed by the body to use in various biological functions.


What liquid part of the blood carries proteins digested foods wastes and other substances?

plasma


What are the substances that are transported in the blood?

plasma contains dissolved substances such as proteins,digested food,common salt,waste products and hormones. It transport all these dissolved substances


What Compounds are broken down into simpler substances?

Organic compounds such as carbohydrates, proteins, and lipids are broken down into simpler substances through processes like digestion and metabolism. Inorganic compounds such as water and minerals can also be broken down into simpler components through physical or chemical processes.


In which sections of the digestive system are proteins digested?

it is digested to your muscles.


What do proteins get digested into?

Amino acids


What four polymers are digested in the small intestine?

The four polymers that are digested in the small intestine are proteins, carbohydrates, fats (lipids), and nucleic acids. Enzymes in the small intestine break down these polymers into their simpler monomer units, such as amino acids, sugars, fatty acids, and nucleotides, which can then be absorbed by the body.


What are digested proteins called?

Proteins are obtained from nutrients of food. They starts to digest in stomach by proteases such as pepsin, trypsin in to peptides. These small peptides later digested further to form amino acids after complete digestion.


What does the body break digested protein into?

The body breaks digested proteins into amino acids


What is the The breakdown of substances into simpler molecular substances?

Decomposition


What food types are digested in the stomach?

Proteins