Q: Dietary proteins are broken down into amino acids during what process?


Read this paragraph and choose the correct option from the provided answers:

Proteins in the diet are necessary for life. Dietary proteins are broken down into their component amino acids when food is digested. Cells can then use the components to build new proteins. Humans are able to synthesize all but eight of the twenty common amino acids. These eight amino acids, called essential amino acids , must be consumed in foods. Like dietary carbohydrates and lipids, dietary proteins can also be broken down to provide cells with energy.

 Choices:

- accumulation

- filtration

- photosynthesis

- digestion


A:
digestion