Question

You ate a chicken sandwich for lunch. the bread contains Mainly starch While the butter is mostly fat. The chicken is mainly protine. describe how this chicken sandwich is being digested so that

the nutrient in it can be useful to your body

Answer 1

The starch of the chicken is started digesting in the mouth because of the salivary amylase after that when the food goes in small intestine fat is digested into fatty acids and glycerol by lipase and starch is digested into glucose by amylase and maltase and protein is digested into amino acids by pepsin and trypsin.

yes the nutrient in it are useful for are body. starch gives us energy , protein is used in growth .

Answer 2

The process of digestion of chicken sandwich so that the nutrient from the sandwich can be utilized by the body:

1. The bread in a sandwich mostly contains starch.
   The process of starch to form glucose begins in the mouth due to the release of the salivary amylase enzyme. The actual location for digestion of starch takes place in the small intestine. Here the pancreatic enzymes get released to act on the starch and break it down into glucose molecules.
   
2. Next comes the butter that is used as a spread on the bread.
   This butter contains fat. The fat also gets digested in the small intestine. Along with nutrient absorption by the body, fat is digested.
   
3. Ultimately pieces of chicken are stuffed between the bread slices.
   Chicken is rich in protein. Being one of the most essential nutrients required by the body, protein starts getting digested in the mouth. Then it gets passed on to the stomach where enzymes like pepsin act on the proteins to break them down. Finally, protein gets digested in the small intestine.

Hence, the process of digestion of different components of the chicken sandwich has been elaborated on above.

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