Question

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you had eaten bread in the morning.starting from the mouth ,explain how is it digested?

Answer 1

Bread basically has carbohydrates, the digestion of which begins in the mouth itself by the action of salivary amylase. The starch is broken down into sugar in the mouth. Further digestion continues in the small intestine where the sucrose is broken down into glucose and absorbed into blood for utilisation.