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Assuming the paper is right and the title is wrong: Of course? Insulin is the hormone that regulates uptake of sugars and mastication releases simpler sugars b
by nimish 6y ago
Assuming the paper is right and the title is wrong:
Of course? Insulin is the hormone that regulates uptake of sugars and mastication releases simpler sugars by literally cracking bigger ones? Weve known that the digestion of carbs begins in the mouth.
Processed foods are notorious for higher glycemic index numbers and in many cases they are simply externally pre-masticated by grinding, thereby skipping a step that might have some sort of feedback mechanism
- srtjstjsj 6y agoCan you literally crack a carb into a sugar? I don't think so. Your pepsin can chemically separate it though.
- mmm_grayons 6y agoI don't believe that's possible either, but processing can make a lot more surface area available on which enzymes can then act.
- nimish 6y agoAbsolutely not sure but isn't starch just a long chain of sugars that we can break apart? Might not get it down to a monomer but certainly breaks it apart for the enzymes to have more ends to attack.
- JoeAltmaier 6y agoI worked on a process to reduce a vatful of long-chain polysaccharides to dextrose. The resulting dried powder was shipped as 'coffee creamer'. But not sure how efficient the process would be on starch - we started with much shorter chains (sucrose etc but some starch).