In the mouth. Your teeth chew food, breaking down fibres, and your saliva also begins chemical break down.
by chewing
Production amylase
production of saliva
False, it is the first step in digestion. ---------------------- No - but the above is not true either, the small intestine comes after the stomach and mouth and digestion starts in the mouth.
Saliva.
yes, it is in fact.
The breakdown of starch into sugars in the mouth.
The breakdown of starch into sugars in the mouth.
No, actually thinking about the food is the first step because you start to salivate when you see or think about food.
The first portion of carbohydrate digestion in humans takes place in the mouth as amylase in the saliva starts to break down sugars.
The first step in digestion occurs in the mouth where enzymes in the saliva begin to break down food ready for the stomach.
Chewing