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What are the functions of the digestive?
Saliva moistens food particles, helps bind them, and begins the chemical digestion of carbohydrates. Also solvent, it dissolves foods so they can be tasted.
What moistens foods makes it easier to swallow?
Saliva
Where does digestion?
Digestion begins in the mouth where saliva break down the foods into the bio-chemicals.
Why while chewing starch in your mouth you feel sugar taste?
When you chew starch, an enzyme called salivary amylase in your saliva begins to break down the starch into simpler sugars like maltose. This enzymatic process starts as soon as the starch comes into contact with your saliva, releasing sugars that trigger sweet taste receptors on your tongue. This is why you may notice a sweet taste while chewing starchy foods like bread or potatoes.
Do saliva work to break down starch into proteins?
It breaks it down and turns it into sugars, and that is why, if you chew starchy foods for long enough, they start to get sweeter.
What foods has stacrh in it?
Many foods have starch but some that are highest in starch content are potatoes and corn.
If a plain soda cracker is chewed for a while before swallowed it begins to taste sweet how does enzyme action cause this effect?
Enzymes in the saliva break down the starch in the cracker into smaller sugar molecules like maltose. As the maltose is released, it activates taste receptors on the tongue that perceive sweetness, hence making the cracker taste sweet.
What foods have non starch polysaccharides in them?
phytate,starch,glycogen
Is detergent a starch?
No, detergent is not a starch. Detergent is a type of cleaning agent that helps to break down and remove dirt and grease from surfaces. Starch, on the other hand, is a carbohydrate that is commonly found in plants and used for various purposes, such as thickening or stabilizing foods.
Which foods have starch in them?
Noodles.
What foods do not have surgar or starch in them?
A beef steak hasn't sugar and starch.
What is the best choice to increase starch in the diet?
If you want to increase starch in your diet, you could include high starch foods. These foods include white bread and potatoes.
