A fluid in the mouth that helps digest food.
Saliva
Nutrients pass into the blood stream in this organ.
Small Intestine
It’s is a large tube that soaks up water and minerals and leaves only waste.
Large Intestine
It makes a juice called bile that helps break large blobs of fat into tiny droplets
Liver
It’s a muscular bag that mashes food and mixes the food with digestive juices.
Stomach
Where mechanical digestion takes place?
Mouth
It moves food from the mouth to the stomach.
Oesophagus
When they reach the stomach, mashed-up food particles mix with:
Gastric juices
The process by which the body breaks down food so that it can be used for energy.
digestion
food substances that contain a very high amount of energy
fats/lipids
food substances that act as the main source of energy.
carbohydrates
the extra energy gain from overeating will be stored as
body fat
Food substances that enable the body to grow and repair its tissues.
proteins
Food substances that our body requires in small amounts only.
vitamins and minerals
nuts, avocado, olive oil and margarine.
fats/lipids
chicken, beans, lentils, beef, pork, fish
proteins
