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9781435896871

Understanding Food and Digestion

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  • ISBN13:

    9781435896871

  • ISBN10:

    1435896874

  • Format: Hardcover
  • Copyright: 2010-01-15
  • Publisher: Rosen Pub Group
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Summary

Food makes a fantastic journey from the plate to nutrients that can be used all around the body. This book follows that journey and helps readers understand more about how the food they eat translates into energy and healthy body systems.

Table of Contents

Eat to livep. 6
What's on your plate?p. 8
A balanced dietp. 10
Essential enzymesp. 12
Tasting and chewingp. 14
Take a bitep. 16
Swallowingp. 18
Moving alongp. 20
The stomachp. 22
Digestive juicesp. 24
The small intestinep. 26
The liverp. 28
The large intestinep. 30
The kidneysp. 32
Bacteria and digestionp. 34
Everyday energyp. 36
Digestive disordersp. 38
Fun factsp. 40
Activitiesp. 42
Glossaryp. 44
Further Information and Web Sitesp. 45
Indexp. 46
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