After chewing and swallowing food, salivary amylase, which initiates the digestion of carbohydrates in the mouth, becomes inactive in the stomach due to the acidic environment (pH around 1.5 to 3.5). The low pH denatures the enzyme, rendering it ineffective for further starch digestion. Consequently, carbohydrate digestion predominantly resumes in the small intestine with the action of pancreatic amylase.
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