Digestion is a process in which the food that we eat is broken down into tiny nutrients to be taken in by the body. Within the human digestive system‚ chemical and physical reactions occur that allow for the digestion and the absorption of proteins into the bloodstream. The purpose of this paper is to show how chemistry relates to the daily functions within the body. There are two types of digestion processes‚ which are called mechanical and chemical digestion. Mechanical digestion includes the
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Experimen ChemiCal Basis of Chemical Basis of Life – Part I Carbohydrates H a n d s - o n l a b s ‚ i n c . Ve r s i o n 42-0144-00-01 LAB REPORT PHOTOS – Include two digital photos with your lab report‚ either as separate attachments to an e-mail or paste into your document. 1. Photo #1 – Take a photo of your finished experiment in exercise 2‚ testing for sugars. (The 3 test tubes after heating‚ but while still in the pan.) Be sure to take a view that shows the colors in all the tubes ^Picture
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the gastrointestinal tract plus the accessory organs of digestion (the tongue‚ salivary glands‚ pancreas‚ liver‚ and gallbladder).[1] In this system‚ the process of digestion has many stages‚ the first of which starts in the mouth. Digestion involves the breakdown of food into smaller and smaller components‚ until they can be absorbed and assimilated into the body. Chewing‚ in which food is mixed with saliva begins the process of digestion. This produces a bolus which can be swallowed down the esophagus
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Cited: Dijkstra J. 2005: Quantitative Aspects of Ruminant Digestion and Metabolism (2nd Edition). CABI Publishing. Wallingford. Brooker‚ R.J.‚ Widmaier‚ E.P.‚ Graham L.E. & Stiling P.D. 2008: Biology. McGraw-Hill. New York.. Church‚ D. C. ed. 1993. The Ruminant Animal Digestive Physiology and Nutrition. Waveland
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essential carbohydrates needed for athletes‚ and the effects of consuming carbohydrates before and during competition is very important in helping with the enhancing of an athlete’s endurance and his or her exercise performance. It is critical for athletes to ingest a significant amount of carbohydrates in their bodies in order to compete at high performance levels. Carbohydrates are the main fuel source for our body‚ but as athletes we must know the difference between good and bad carbohydrates. Good
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Carbohydrate and Diabetes Research NUR 115 AM The articles that I researched for this project were interesting and shed light on the relationship between carbohydrates and diabetes. Some of the information that I learned will be useful in my nursing career. Carbohydrates fill numerous roles in living things‚ such as the storage and transport of energy in the form of starch and glycogen etc. The basic carbohydrate units are called monosaccharides‚ such as glucose‚ galactose‚ and
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substitutes; fats; free foods; combination foods; fast foods; and alcohol. Carbohydrate Counting When you eat a healthy meal or snack‚ it is usually a mixture of carbohydrate‚ pro- tein‚ and fat. However‚ your body changes carbohydrate into glucose faster than it changes protein and fat into glucose. It is the carbohydrate that makes your blood glucose level go up. In carbohydrate counting‚ you count foods that are mostly carbohydrate. These include starches (breads‚ cereals‚ pasta)‚ fruits and fruit
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Review Sheet Exercise 8 Chemical and Physical Processes of Digestion NAME Dane Wilson LAB DATE/TIME august 4th Carbohydrate Digestion The following questions refer to Activity 1: Assessing Starch Digestion by Salivary Amylase. 1. At what pH did you see the highest activity of salivary amylase? Why? 7.0 because that is when the salivary is most effective and it breaks down carbohydrates. 2. How do you know that the amylase did not have any contaminating maltose
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FUNDAMENTALS OF HUMAN NUTRITION TOPIC: THE DIGESTION AND ABSORPTION OF FATS Final Presentation [pic][pic] Submitted to:- Miss Mehmoona Khalid Submitted By:- Sana Nadeem Arooj Khayyam Shaista Butt Affaf Rahman SEMESTER- II CONTENTS • Introduction of Digestion • Digestion of Triglycerides in GI Tract • In Mouth • In Oesophagus • In Stomach • In Small Intestine • Lipids
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Carbohydrate Fermentation Testing Questions A. What is fermentation? It is a metabolic process that allows the production of ATP without need for oxygen B. Why is it important not to incubate the fermentation tubes beyond 24 hours? You may not get accurate results. Although sugar is the primary nutrient used‚ when a microbe runs out of it‚ protein or other nutrients will be attacked This causes changes in the color of the medium because of the pH indicator added to detect acid production. When proteins
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