<<Disclaimer: Verify this information before applying it to your situation.>> Paul Groschen <[log in to unmask]> asked: > are there any good texts that explain how food is digested. If I >remember correctly I think my GI specialist stated that most of the >digestion of corn syrup occurs in the large intestine, a problem area for CD. First, I wasn't aware that the large intestine was a problem area for CD. Don't you mean small intestine? Here's an easy to read web page: Introductory Anatomy: Digestive System Dr D.R.Johnson, Centre for Human Biology http://www.leeds.ac.uk/chb/lectures/anatomy8.html Then this page gets more technical: Carbohydrate Metabolism Pharmaceutical Biochemistry II Instructor: Patrick M. Woster, Ph.D. http://wizard.pharm.wayne.edu/biochem/carbomet.html Don Wiss Brooklyn, NY.