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- In industrialized nations, people tend to eat more highly refined starches and added sugars
- Americans consume about 30% of energy from added sugars (600 kcal/day)
- Regular soft drinks and energy drinks are major sources of added sugars in Americans' diets
- According to the dietary guidelines, people should limit their added sugar to
- According to the dietary guidelines, people should limit their added sugar to
# Digestion
- Salivary amylase is an enzyme secreted by salivary glands that begins work in the mouth, stops working soon after food enters the stomach
- The small intestine is the main site for carbohydrate digestion and absorption
- Pancreatic amylase
- Enzyme secreted by the pancreas that breaks down starch into maltose molecules
- Maltase
- Enzyme that splits maltose molecules
- Sucrase
- Enzyme that splits sucrose molecules
- Lactase
- Enzyme that splits lactose molecules
1. Dietary carbohydrates are delivered from
- Fructose and galactose are converted to **glucose** in the liver.