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If a sweet dissolves in your mouth does your stomach have to digest it?
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Digestion in mouth: Actually digestion begins in the mouth with the saliva. There are enzymes in salvia, amylase, that start the breakdown of food and digestion is completed in the stomach. That is why it is important to chew your food.
Answered 8/14/2013
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Yes: Pure sugar gets mostly digested by your saliva buts sweets can also have other ingredients that need to be digested in your stomach.
Answered 8/23/2013
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