Big food molecules are too large for the body to take in. Enzymes chop each type down into small building blocks. Tap a nutrient to follow how it breaks down.
Carbohydrates
Chemical digestionpolymers → monomers
The nutrients
📷 Reference image
A real labeled figure to compare with the interactive above.
Chemical Digestion — OpenStax, CC BY 3.0 (via Wikimedia Commons)
