BIOMOLECULES AND ENZYMES

Detailed explanation-1: -When you eat carbs, your body breaks them down into simple sugars, which are absorbed into the bloodstream. As the sugar level rises in your body, the pancreas releases a hormone called insulin. Insulin is needed to move sugar from the blood into the cells, where the sugar can be used as a source of energy.

Detailed explanation-2: -Enzymes play a key role in the breakdown of carbohydrates. The enzyme amylase breaks down starch into smaller sugars, such as maltose and glucose. Other enzymes, such as lactase and sucrase, further break down these sugars into their individual sugar units.

Detailed explanation-3: -When you eat any type of carbohydrate, simple or complex, your body breaks it down into one of the simplest sugar units, glucose, which is absorbed into your blood. The hormone insulin is then released to help move this glucose from the bloodstream into the cells, so it can be used for energy.

Detailed explanation-4: -Digestion of Carbohydrates Digestion of starches into glucose molecules starts in the mouth, but primarily takes place in the small intestine by the action of specific enzymes secreted from the pancreas (e.g. -amylase and -glucosidase).

Detailed explanation-5: -simple carbohydrates (or simple sugars): including fructose, glucose, and lactose, which also are found in nutritious whole fruits. complex carbohydrates (or starches): found in foods such as starchy vegetables, whole grains, rice, and breads and cereals.