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The enzymes required to break down fat and lipids (fats) in our diet are found in the stomach/intestines. It would not be efficient to absorb the nutrients from our food that far away from the stomach/intestines.
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∙ 11y ago
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∙ 13y agoThe chewing bit (mechanical preparation for digestion) does, but there are no ensymes in the mouth/saliva that can break down protein, only enzymes for starches/sugars. Thus meat/protean has to wait until it is further along the digestive tract before it starts to be chemically broken down.
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∙ 13y agoYou do not have the enzymes in your mouth to start the break down of meat. Only carbohydrates.
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∙ 15y agoIn the mouth where chewing mixes the food with saliva which contains a digestive enzyme called salivary amylase.
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The process of digestion begins as soon as food enters the mouth. Lean meat is chewed in the mouth by the teeth and is broken down further by saliva. From there it passes through the esophagus and into the stomach where it is assimilated with the aid of enzymes. Lean meat is digested by the body much easier than fatty meat.
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