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.
Carbohydrates. Carbohydrates are your body's preferred energy source and are found in the forms of starch, sugar and fiber. Digestion begins in your mouth where the process of chewing mechanically breaks food into small pieces. Enzymes in the saliva initiate chemical digestion.rotein is found in meat, eggs, dairy products, fish, nuts and beans. Before your body can use protein to build and repair tissues, the large molecules of protein must be digested by enzymes into small molecules called amino acids. Digestion of protein begins in your stomach with the aid of gastric juices.