TOPICS: The purpose of nutrition. The food of man. Proteid foods. Carbohydrate foods. Fats. Food as fuel. Composition of foodstuffs. Availability of foods. Food as source of energy. Various factors in the nourishment of the body. Processes of digestion. Secretion of saliva. Function of saliva. Enzymes. Reversible action of enzymes. Specificity of enzymes. Mastication. Gastric secretion. Components of gastric juice. Action of gastric juice. Muscular movements of stomach. Time foods remain in stomach. Importance of stomach digestion. Processes of the small intestine. Secretion of pancreatic juice. Chemical changes in small intestine. Destruction of proteid food. Significance of the breaking do…
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