Digestion of Nutrients
About this episode
This episode discusses the digestion of nutrients and the role of enzymes in breaking down complex carbohydrates, proteins, and lipids.
Stage I of catabolism involves the breakdown of complex carbohydrates, proteins and lipids into their building block components. This is simply digestion of nutrients which occurs in the intestinal lumen by the action of specific enzymes secreted by the pancreas.
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