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What are the steps of carbohydrate digestion?


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Digestion:

  • In order to be absorbed into the watery blood plasma, big, insoluble food molecules must be broken down into smaller, water-soluble food molecules during digestion.
  • These tiny molecules enter the bloodstream through the small intestine in certain species.

Steps for Carbohydrate Digestion:

  • Carbohydrates first break down in the small intestine, not in the stomach, where they do so chemically.
  • Pancreatic amylase and disaccharidase complete the chemical deterioration of digestible carbs.
  • The monosaccharides are taken up by the circulatory system and transported to the liver.
  • Saliva is secreted by salivary glands in the mouth, which helps to moisten food.
  • The salivary glands then produce the enzyme salivary amylase, which starts the process of breaking down the polysaccharides in the carbohydrate diet, as the food is chewed.

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