Human Digestion: Contents Page

Fate of Food: Introduction

Fate of Food: Carbohydrates

➙ The fate of digestible carbohydrates

➙ Fuel for the cells

➙ Digestive process

➙ Small intestine

➙ Carbohydrate absorption

➙ Digestible and resistant starches

➙ Introduction

➙ Amylose and amylopectin

➙ Resistant starches

➙ Physically inaccessible starches (RS1)

➙ Resistant granules (RS2)

➙ Retrograded starch (RS3)

➙ Chemically modified starch (RS4)

➙ Undigested carbohydrates

Fate of Food: Protein

➙ Introduction

➙ Tables

➙ Amino acid intestinal brush border transporters

➙ Amino acid digestion

➙ 20 Normal amino acids

➙ Unusual amino acids

Fate of Food: Fats

➙ Introduction

➙ Process of fat digestion

➙ Bile and its impact on the gut microbiome

Fate of Food: Other

➙ Secreted Mucins and the Mucus Layer of the Gut