Sentences with phrase «begins carbohydrate digestion»
This mixes the food with salivary amylase - rich saliva and begins carbohydrate digestion.
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When you eat something, digestion to break down starch begins in the mouth, then food travels down the esophagus and into the stomach, where hydrochloric acid (HCl) is released to break down proteins, fats, and carbohydrates.
Babies begin to produce salivary amylase as early as 6 months, when rice cereal is typically introduced, however they don't develop pancreatic amylase, the powerhouse of carbohydrate digestion, until 8 months on average.