Eliza Fong April 2, 2014 Understanding Macronutrients Project Carbohydrate digestion begins in the mouth where the food

is chewed into small pieces, and enzymes in the saliva start chemical digestion. Additionally the carbohydrates travel to the esophagus, lastly they are absorbed in the small intestine and the pancreas breaks it down to simpler forms. But most digestion occurs in the small intestine. The process is through mouth to stomach, small intestine, to large intestine. Carbohydrate absorption circulation: in the liver, the glucose can be used to provide energy, stored as liber glycogen, or delivered via the general blood circulation to other body tissues, causing blood glucose levels to rise, absorbing into the bloodstream. Fat digestion: Some digestion occurs in your mouth and the stomach, but most takes place in the small intestine. The gallbladder, liver, and pancreas assist in fat digestion. After digestion, the fatty acids combine with cholesterol and bile to move into the cells' mucosa, and absorption of fat occurs primarily in the small intestine. These vessels transport fat to the veins of the chest, and the blood carries fat to be stored in adipose tissues for later use. Protein: Stomach acids and enzymes break proteins into short polypeptides, and digestion of protein begins in the stomach with the aid of gastric juices. Enzymes from the intestinal lining and the pancreas, in the small intestine break polypeptides into single amino acids. From there, amino acids are absorbed into the bloodstream and transported throughout the body. Protein digestibility affects protein quality.