Sentences with phrase «by the pancreas break»

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This means that when food is broken down by enzymes within your stomach and pancreas, some food molecules can still remain in your small intestine.

Eating an unhealthy diet can lead to poor digestion of food, meaning that when food is broken down by enzymes within your stomach and pancreas, some food molecules can still remain in your small intestine.

Amylase, an enzyme contained in saliva (also produced by the pancreas, but not relevant at the moment), begins to break starches down into individual sugar molecules.

MCFA are broken down almost immediately by enzymes in the saliva and gastric juices so that pancreatic fat - digesting enzymes are not even essential.1 Therefore, there is less strain on the pancreas and digestive system.

When blood glucose begins to fall, glucagon - another hormone made by the pancreas - signals the liver to break down glycogen and release glucose into the bloodstream.

Long - chain triglycerides are broken down in the body by the gall bladder and enzymes in the pancreas before they are available to be converted to energy.

Among those substances: enzymes essential for food digestion, which normally get sent from the pancreas to the intestine to help break down food for absorption by the body.

The pancreas not only produces pancreatic juice which contains digestive enzymes that help in the breaking down of food, it also plays a vital role in controlling the level of sugar in the bloodstream by secreting two important hormones, insulin and glucagon.

After a dog eats, his digestive system breaks food into various components, including glucose — which is carried into his cells by insulin, a hormone secreted by the pancreas.

These defenses start to collapse when the pancreas is inflamed and swollen, which can make it start to be broken down by its own enzymes.