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Who are carbohydrates digested?
Carbohydrates are digested to give us energy to make us able to do daily activities.
Which organs digest grains?
Grains are carbohydrates. Carbohydrates are digested by the small intestine.
When carbohydrates are digested what molecules can be absorbed?
monosaccharides
Carbohydrates that cannot be digested by the body are called?
Fiber.
What substances are digested from the mouth to the large intestine?
Carbohydrates
How is carbohydrates digested in the alimentary canal?
It is digested in the salivary glands and pancreas by the enzyme amylase. Converted into disaccharides.
What is the nutrient digested in the mouth?
Starch (carbohydrates) is broken down (digested) to maltose by salivary amylase.
Why rice is more easily digested than meat?
Carbohydrates are more easily digested than protein.
Where are carbohydrates lipids and proteins broke down in the GI tract?
Carbohydrates and proteins are digested in the stomach. Carbs require several enzymes to be digested, such as the enzyme salivary amylase (secreted in the mouth); digestion ultimately occurs at the level of the stomach. Proteins are also digested in the stomach, but require a general class of enzymes called proteases in order to be digested. Lipids are digested in the duodenum, the first portion of the small intestine. The secretion of lipase enzymes is necessary to complete this task.
Which type of food is digested down to simple sugar?
carbohydrates
What are carbohydrates changed into once thay have been digested?
Sugar!
Is it true that potatoes have carbohydrates?
They have strarch that turns into sugar when digested.
