How Is Food Digest. Saliva also has an enzyme called amylase to help break down carbohydrates. 10 to 20 minutes.
Digestion begins in the mouth when we bite into our yummy pizza. Digestion is the process by which the body retrieves nutrients from the food you eat. Saliva also contains chemicals called enzymes.
This is where the real action begins.
Soluble fiber forms a soft gel while insoluble fiber moves through the stomach and colon and keeps other food or waste moving too. During digestion muscles push food from the upper part of your stomach to the lower part. The stomach lining secretes acidic gastric juices and enzymes to digest carbohydrate and protein. Then the semi-digested food called chyme is delivered to the duodenum the first part of the small intestine by passing through another valve the pyloric sphincter.
