Actually, borderline diabetes is a somewhat misleading term. The term pre-diabetes, which is more widely used today, better describes what is happening. Pre-diabetes means that your blood glucose is higher than normal but not yet high enough to be considered diabetes.
Fat digestion also begins in the mouth with the secretion of the enzyme lingual lipase by glands under your tongue. Although this enzyme doesn't do much with the food while it's in your mouth, it does move on down with the food to your stomach, where it can start to break down about 10-30% of the food's fat content.
Animal digestion begins in the mouth, then moves through the pharynx, into the esophagus, and then into the stomach and small intestine. Learning Objective. Key Points. Mechanical and chemical digestion begin in the mouth with the chewing of food and the release of saliva, which starts carbohydrate digestion.