Saliva is one of the most underappreciated fluids in the human body. While often taken for granted, it plays a crucial role ...

Digestion begins in the mouth, where salivary enzymes initiate carbohydrate breakdown. This critical first step requires thorough chewing and adequate time for enzymes to act. Premature swallowing ...

When you chew carbohydrate-rich foods, carbohydrase enzymes, such as amylase in your saliva, break down starch into sugar to give us the energy we need. Then protease enzymes in your stomach break ...

What if we could monitor patients in the future without taking blood samples every time? TU/e researcher Sophie Adelaars ...