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CHAPTER 2
2.2 Nutrient: protein, carbohydrate, fat, vitamin and mineral
DIGESTION, ABSORPTION

AND METABOLISM OF

CARBOHYDRATES

Cooking
Easy to carbohydrate-
digest contains food that
digest easily.

Starch
gelatinize
Starch gelatinize;
make them easy to
chew, swallow and
digest.

Cooking usually
Breakdown breaks down the
of fibers fibers in fruits and
vegetables and
make them easy to
chew, swallow and
digest.
Digestion of
fibers Fibers cannot be
digested/broken down
into its components by
enzyme so it continues to
go down to the large
intestine to be excreted

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