Introduction

The food you eat or take into your body undergoes processes in order for the nutrients in the food to be derived and used for various functions in the human system. For example, the rice you take into your body is carbohydrate; the human system does not need the rice or carbohydrate to function. The end product of carbohydrate is glucose. The human system needs this glucose to perform its function. The process by which carbohydrate (rice) changes to glucose or protein changes to amino acids is digestion. In this topic, you will learn about the processes rice (carbohydrate) goes through to change into glucose.