Digestive Process
What is Digestion?
Your body breaks down the food you eat into these.
What are Nutrients?
This organization provides a set of guidelines to promote healthy eating.
What is the USDA?
This is the ticket taker of the digestive system.
What is the stomach?
A simple carbohydrate that serves as a major source of energy for your body.
What is glucose?
This fluid moistens the food and has a chemical that starts digestion.
What is Saliva?
These nutrients are composed of carbon, oxygen, and hydrogen and are a major source of energy.
A set of Diagrams that provide guidelines about what to eat.
What is the My Pyramid Plan?
A triangular organ that lies between the stomach and the small intestine and produces enzymes that break down starch, proteins, and fats.
What are the Pancreas?
The nutrients that provide the highest amount of energy to the body.
What are Fats?
The chemical that digests starch are proteins that speed up the chemical reaction in the body.
What are Enzymes?
What is cholesterol?
The number that shows how the nutritional content of one serving in the recommended diet.
What is the Percent Daily Value?
This part of the food cannot be broken down easily and can pass through the body as is.
What is Fiber?
The protective substance that lines the stomach.
What is mucus?
A flap of tissue that seals off the windpipe when you are eating.
What is the Epiglottis?
These small units link together to form large protein molecules.
What are amino acids?
6oz of grain, 2 cups of veggies, 2 cups of fruits, 3 cups of milk, and about 5 oz of protein are part of this diet.
What is the 2000- Calorie diet?
This part of the digestive system absorbs most of the nutrients.
What is the small intestine?
Water is reabsorbed into the bloodstream from this part of the digestive system.
What is the small intestine?
Involuntary waves of muscle contraction that pushes the food forward toward the stomach.
What is Peristalsis?
These act as helper molecules in a variety of chemical reactions in the body.
What are vitamins?
There are guidelines that show the amount of nutrients that are needed every day.
What is the DRI?
Millions of these tiny finger-shaped structures absorb the nutrient molecules.
What are villi?
Margarine has the most of this, butter has less, and olive oil has none of this.
What are trans fats?