Welcome to Annieâs Chamorro Kitchen! My name is Annie ~ food and I get along so well! Cooking and baking is more than a hobby for me ~ it's a passion. I come from the beautiful island of Guam, U.S.A., which is located in the beautiful southwest Pacific.
The digestion of different types of foods occurs in different areas of the digestive tract. Digestion of starch begins in the mouth with the chewing of food (mastication) and the production of amylases immediately breaking down certain starches.
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.