The following foods are allowed in a clear liquid diet: Water (plain, carbonated or flavored) Fruit juices without pulp, such as apple or white grape. Fruit-flavored beverages, such as fruit punch or lemonade. Carbonated drinks, including dark sodas (cola and root beer) Gelatin.
Your body has a mechanism and set of enzymes for digesting the carbs, protein and fat molecules in your food. Chemical digestion occurs in several steps beginning in the mouth and ending with absorption in the small intestinal cells.
The amount of chemical digestion that occurs in your small intestine depends on your diet. Digestion starts in your mouth. There your teeth perform mechanical digestion and yo â¦ ur saliva and thrush starts digesting carbohydrates.In your stomach, you start digesting protein from meat and plant sources.igestion of carbohydrates start in the mouth. Amylase, an enzyme in saliva, hydrolyzes starch and glycogen into smaller polysaccharides. This digestion continues in the stomach after the food (bolus) passes through the esophagus.