FACTORS THAT CAN UPREGULATE AND DOWNREGULATE DIGESTION AND ABSORPTION OF CARBOHYDRATE

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Digestion is the

breakdown of complex food substances into simple and absorbable form by the aid

of enzymes using a process known as hydrolysis. Carbohydrate basically are

divided into three: Polysaccharides (example Starch), Disaccharides (Sucrose

and Lactose), and monosaccharides (Fructose, Galatose and Glucose). Almost all

the carbohydrates of the diet are either large polysaccharides or disaccharides,

which are combinations of monosaccharides

bound to one another by condensation

(Guyton and Hall, 2006)
. When ingested, these carbohydrates undergo a

reaction hydrolysis, a reaction catalyzed by different enzymes within different

parts or division of the gastro intestinal tracts. The next process after

digestion is absorption.