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What should I be Eating
Two guides for healthy eating
Calorie: A unit of heat that measures
the energy available in foods
How many calories do I Burn?
How many calories do I Need?
Digestion: The process that your
body breaks down nutrients to be
used thought out the body.
-Start
Step 1 - Chewing
Step 2 - Esophagus
Step 3 – Stomach
Step 4 – Small Intestine
Step 5 – Large Intestine
Step 6 – Kidneys
-Finish
Mouth
 In your mouth you
have 3 saliva glands.
 Parotid salivary
 Sublingual salivary
gland
 Submandibular
salivary gland
 These glands produce
digestive juices.
 These juices called
saliva contain enzyme
that aid in breaking
down food with
chemical reactions.
Stomach
It has a very acid atmosphere and
very little is absorbed but this is the
Breakdown of the food for the small
Intestine.
Small Intestine
 Small Intestine is a
coiled tube from 20
to 23 feet long in
which about 90%
of digestion and
absorption takes
place.
Large Intestine
 A tube 5 to 6 feet
in length that plays
a part in both
digestion and
excretion.
Colon/Rectum
 The final step of
solid waste leaving
your body.
Kidneys
 Are organs that
remove waste
materials such as
salts, from the
blood.
Activity
 Go to this web site and find out what your
daily food log should look like.
 http://www.choosemyplate.gov/myplate/in
dex.aspx
 After completed look at the health tips and
categories and find 3 interesting facts
 Print out your food log and write your three
interesting facts on the back. IN p