Digestion is the process by which the food we eat is categorized into smaller substances that may be absorbed through the gastrointestinal tract of ours. Proper break down of food is incredibly vital for our health, and when digestion is impaired in virtually any way, illness can develop.
The food we feed on (besides vitamins and minerals) consists of three primary groups: carbohydrates, fats and proteins. Carbohydrates, fats and proteins need to be divided into small enough chunks which could be absorbed by the body. Digestion is a combination of chemical and mechanical processes that permits meals to be absorbed by the body of ours.

Digestion of Carbohydrates
Human food has only three sources of carbs: sucrose or sugar, which is a disaccharide derived from cane, lactose which is a disaccharide in complex carbohydrates and milk (polysaccharides) which are found in many cereals & potatoes. Cellulose is technically also a polysaccharide, but cannot be digested by the human GI tract. Digestion of carbohydrates starts in the mouth peak bioboost where to buy [www.daguerrepick.com] food is mixed with saliva, that contains the enzyme alpha- amylase which breaks down carbs in disaccharides just like maltose. The acid secretion of the stomach will inhibit further digestion of complex carbohydrates, therefore any polysaccharide that hasn't been broken down at that point in time, will be digested once the pancreas secretes alpha-amylase enzyme. Maltose, lactose, sucrose along with other small disaccharides are further broken down into monosaccharides by enzymes present in the intestinal lining. Monosaccharides are then quickly assimilated into the blood stream.

Digestion of fats
Fats are an important aspect of the diet of ours since fats form the basis of countless hormones and cell membrane building blocks. Probably the most common fats in the diet of ours are neutral oils (triglycerides), which are made up of glycerol connected to 3 fatty acid molecules. The quantity of fat which is digested by the stomach is extremely low, and almost all of the fat is digested in the intestine. However, fat particles develop a so called micelles (globular balls) in a warm water containing atmosphere, thus for digestive enzymes (which are water soluble) to gain access, fat need being emulsified. Emulsification of fats happens if the gall bladder secretes bile salts. Fats combined with bile salts can be broken down by pancreatic lipase into fatty acids & mono glycerides.

Digestion of proteins
Proteins in the diet of ours are derived both from vegetables or meat. Protein-rich foods are longer chains of amino acids held together by peptide bonds. Proteins are pre digested in the stomach of ours by gastric pepsin at an extremely acidic pH. When the pH isn't very low enough, protein break down of food is impaired. The bulk of the protein break down of food occurs in the small intestine, in which proteolytic enzymes secreted by the pancreas further digest the proteins. The partly divided proteins (peptones, polypeptides) are attacked by the pancreatic enzymes trypsin, chymotrypsin and carboxypolypeptidase and also changed into (mostly) di-peptides. Di-peptides are changed into individual amino acids by enzymes contained in the coating of the intestine. Amino acids are then absorbed into the blood.