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it is all yummy in your tummy...:) As the person who posted above me has stated, cheese is "yummy in your tummy." This is only semi-true. First, an enzyme in saliva called amylase digests any starch that is in the cheese, changing it into glucose, a carbohydrate (sugar). If you hold the cheese in your mouth for thirty to forty seconds or so, you will find that the cheese actually gets sweeter. This is because of the amylase turning the starch into sugar. Next, the food travels through the esophagus into the stomach. The epiglottis, a small strip of tissue, closes over the trachea, or windpipe, allowing food only to pass down into the esophagus. No digestion occurs in the esophagus. Peristalsis, the muscular movement that pushes food through the digestive tract, is the only thing that occurs there. An enzyme in digestive stomach acid called pepsin digests the protein in the cheese. The chyme, or semi-digested food, created in the stomach then moves to the small intestine. The small intestine is where the most chemical digestion occurs. This is also where most absorption of nutrients occurs. Villi, protrusions sticking out from the walls of the small intestine, allow the small intestine to have the greatest surface area possible, i.e., the most absorption in the least amount of time. The remaining chyme, a thin, watery substance, then enters the large intestine. The large intestine helps to maintain homeostasis by absorbing most of the water from the chyme. The water, absorbed into the body, helps blood to be liquid, among other things. Then, the remaining chyme, now called feces, enters the rectum, where it is stored. It is excreted out from the anus, which is another word for...well, you probably already know what it is. This is the complete "journey" *muffled laughter* that cheese, once ingested, takes through the body.
What else can I help you with?
What is easier to digest peanut butter crackers or cheese crackers?
there both as hard to digest!! How ever if you nibble the chese cracker you can digest it quicker
Is soft cheese the same as cream cheese?
soft cheeses are typically easier to digest than hard. Hard cheese requires an acid environment, much like meat in order to digest.
What makes cheese more digestible?
Cheeses made of a lower fat content are easier to digest than those of a high fat content.
What is easier to digest pasta or meat?
Meat Is more easier to digest :)
Which kind of onion is easier to digest?
The sweet onion is milder and easier to digest.
Does cheese digest faster than chocolate?
Not cheese or any other food digest faster or slower than the other.
Is it easier to digest cellulose in fruits and vegetables then starch in pastas?
No, starch is easier to digest.
Why do cows stomach windows?
so that farmers can watch the food digest inside the cows stomach and make foods that digest easier.
Which organ produces hydrochloric acid that helps make proteins easier to digest?
the stomach
How does liquid help digest food?
the saliva helps when you swallow food enzymes make it easier.
Why are enzymes use foods?
Enzymes are used in food to break it down, and make it easier to digest.
How does liquid help digest your food?
the saliva helps when you swallow food enzymes make it easier.
