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When carbohydrates are digested what molecules can be absorbed?
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monosaccharides
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Why is digestion good?
Digestion breaks down fat, carbohydrates, and protein into smaller molecules that can be absorbed by your GI tract. Without it, no absorption --> malnutrition --> death
What type of molecules are carbohydrates absorbed into the body as?
sugars monosacarids
What type of molecules does Amylase digest?
carbohydrates are the main compounds digested by amylase
What foods go into the blood?
The small molecules such as digested fat, carbohydrates and proteins.
What food molecules go into the blood?
The small molecules such as digested fat, carbohydrates and proteins.
In what form are carbohydrates absorbed?
Carbohydrates are digested until they are mono or disaccharides and then they are absorbed through the intestinal lining.
What classes of food doesn't have to be digested before it can be absorbed by the small intestine?
Vitamins are not be digested before absorption. The same is true for the minerals. They need not be digested before absorption.
What is the breakdown of large molecules into smaller ones be absorbed by the cells called?
Digestion is the breakdown of large food molecules into smaller molecules. The digested molecules are then absorbed into the bloodstream to be transported to the different parts of the body.
What are the smaller molecules made when protein carbohydrate and protein are digested?
Protein is digested to form amino acids. Lipids are digested to fatty acids. Carbohydrates are digested to glucose and other simple sugars.
What classes of biological molecules are most readily absorbed and metabolized by yeast?
carbohydrates
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.
Why does food need to be digested to be absorbed?
Because a steak does your body no good directly. However by breaking down (digesting) the food to the basic components like amino acids, then your body absorbs the essential nutrients and leaves the rest in the digestive tract.
