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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.