When we consume foods and break apart food
molecules through digestion and metabolism, one of our body's key goals is production of energy.
Not exact matches
The new research reveals that two of these
molecules — called exorphins A5 and C5 — are released during
digestion of real bread and pasta, and that they can survive
digestion and pass
through an in vitro model of the intestinal lining.
During the normal
digestion process the tight junctions stay closed forcing all
molecules to effectively be screened and only pass into the blood stream
through the mucosa cells (think of them like bouncers at the front of a classy bar).
Bile acids are specialized
molecules that aid in the
digestion and absorption of fat
through a process called emulsification.