Sentences with phrase «food increases the surface area»

As we chew our food we increase the surface area of food particles making the food more susceptible to digestive enzymes.

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For example, humans» small intestines are covered with microscopic folds known as villi, which increase the gut's surface area for more efficient absorption of food nutrients.

For example, by limiting the food source, the colony can be made to reorganise itself into long tendrils, increasing its surface area to find more nutrients.

Increasing porosity also changed the way the foods broke apart when they were chewed, exposing more surface area and increasing saltinessIncreasing porosity also changed the way the foods broke apart when they were chewed, exposing more surface area and increasing saltinessincreasing saltiness, he said.

They include improving the first important chemical stage of carbohydrate digestion through the action of amylase, the physical breakdown of foods to increase its surface area to aid further digestion in the stomach and small intestines, and stimulating the taste buds, which sense food and immediately sends that information to the brain.

I would agree that increasing the surface area of a food such as a whole fruit to smoothie would cause easier absorption.

The IPCC has already concluded that it is «virtually certain that human influence has warmed the global climate system» and that it is «extremely likely that more than half of the observed increase in global average surface temperature from 1951 to 2010» is anthropogenic.1 Its new report outlines the future threats of further global warming: increased scarcity of food and fresh water; extreme weather events; rise in sea level; loss of biodiversity; areas becoming uninhabitable; and mass human migration, conflict and violence.