Digestive System Process

Digestive System Process

Digestive system process begins in your mouth. As you chew, your saliva contains salivary amylase and when mixed into your food begins the breakdown of certain carbohydrates in the food. The human digestive system process continues in your stomach where hydrochloric acid is secreted into the chewed food if it contains proteins. If it does not, the food is released into the upper part of the small intestine.

The extensive digestive system process continues as a complex secretion of enzymes and other substances begin.  The functions of the digestive system involve sensing acid and fat levels in the food and the secretion of enzymes from the pancreas.  First, the pancreas senses the pH of the food and secretes sodium bicarbonate or "baking soda" into the food to buffer the hydrochloric acid  contributed by the stomach.

Next, the digestive system process sense the level of fat in the food and bile, to help digest the fat is secreted from the gall bladder. Bile is manufactured in the liver and stored in the gall bladder for this event.  Additionally, the pancreas kicks in a complement of digestive enzymes to assist with the digestive system process of digesting proteins, carbohydrates, starches and fats.

Functions of the digestive system are very specific to the need with these enzymes. The pancreas secretes protease for protein digestion, cellulases and amylases for starch and carbohydrate digestion and lipase for fat digestion. All of thee functions of the digestive system breaks down the food you eat into the smallest molecular structures for proper absorption and utilization by the many chemical processes in the body.

If you have any complaints about your digestive system, have any symptoms associated with your gastrointestinal system or have been diagnosed with Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS), Crohn's Disease or any form of colitis, please download the free report available below.