Explain the following statement "digestion begins in the mouth"

When you take the food into your mouth and chew on it, your salivary glands secret enzymes called salivary amylase which is responsible for breaking down starch to smaller carbohydrates, like starch. Basically, the process of taking in the nutrient of the food to the body begins by breaking it down to smaller components.

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