Process:  -An enzyme in saliva begins to break down carbohydrates -Food is squeezed down the esophagus when you swallow -Acid and enzyme in the stomach break the food down -Releases nutrients -Food then pumped into small intestine -Fluid and enzymes from liver and pancreas pumped into small intestine -Help break food into smallest molecules -Nutrients pass through wall of small intestine -Nutrients absorbed into blood stream -Unused materials passed into large intestine to become fecal matter.
 Question: What is the effect of the stomach has the correct balance of acid on more food being digested.?
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