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What is the prime source of the energy you get from your food?
Glucose. All types of food can be digested, or broken down, into simple sugars. And, the simplest sugar that your body can use for energy is glucose.
When you digest food starch is broken down to what molecule?
the startch component from plants is broken down to maltose and then maltose digested to glucose, the sugar found in your blood.
Why must food be digested for the use of the body?
food must be digested cuz the food we ingest is not a form usable by our bodies. therefore digestion is necessary to break down food in its complex, insoluble, inorganic form to a simple, soluble, organic form
Organ were digested food is absorbed?
Food is broken down or digested in the stomach but the nutrients are not absorbed in the stomach. Nutrients from digested food are primarily absorbed in the small intestine.
why is food mixed with Saliva?
The food mix with the sliva because the food must be digested and it has different enzymes such as amylase starch and sugar
What does bile do to the food in the small intestine?
It breaks down fat, sugar, and any hard substances in the stomach and intestines. It emulsifies fats. That makes it easier for them to be digested and absorbed.
Which food will take longer time to get digested-sugar or beans?
Beans will take longer time to get digested because they contain lots of protein
Can bread be digested by the mouth?
All food is digested in the stomach. The mouth contains enzymes which breaks the food down, but digestion occurs in the stomach and intestines.
What produces enzymes that break down digested food?
After the food is digested in the stomach, it goes through the passageway and meets the liver, gall bladder and the pancreas; which all secrete enzymes used for breaking down food as well.
What digests starch?
Amylase enzymes.
What is the sticky substance that is partially broken down and digested in the stomach?
food
Is your body able to absorb food if it is not chemically digested?
No, the body cannot absorb food that has not undergone the process of chemical digestion. Digestion breaks down food into nutrients that can be absorbed by the body through the walls of the intestines. If food is not chemically digested, the nutrients remain in a form that the body cannot utilize.
