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What happens to the food inside our body ?

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It feels good to eat food when we are very much hungry, at that time we put much more solid items in our mouth. But have you ever wondered , how these solid particles (food items) gets digested in our body. Here comes a interesting process of digestion. I am going to explain you the process of human digestion step by step , so stay tuned on this article. 1. Ingestion :-  The   process in which we take food inside the body through mouth is called ingestion. Intake of food (ingestion) 2. Digestion :-      The process in which complex food particles breaks down into simple small particles is called Digestion. Our digestive system i) Digestion in mouth:- Now, most  of you people will wonder after listening that the digestion of food starts in mouth. Isn't it true?  Our mouth contains saliva which itself contains an enzyme called salivary amylase  which breaks starch of food into sugar. ii) Digestion inside stomach:- After this ...