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Subject:
ptyalin in saliva
From:
"S. Feldman" <[log in to unmask]>
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Paleolithic Eating Support List <[log in to unmask]>
Date:
Thu, 16 Nov 2000 12:18:52 EST
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Ptyalin in saliva may have the selective advantage of hastening the
availability for absorption of the monosaccharides in the stomach by breaking
down the polysaccharides as soon as they enter the mouth so that there is
less transformation required in the stomach.

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