Your Digestive System

Your Digestive System — page 1 — Chapter 1 FUEL FOR LIFE Mmmm There’s fresh hot pizza You are so hungry Your stomach is growling You take a big bite Cheese crust and sauce mix together in your mouth Is pizza your favorite food Maybe it’s pudding peaches or pot roast There are thousands of foods Think of all the kinds of food you eat When you’re hungry pizza tastes great What does your stomach do when you’re hungry 4

Your Digestive System — page 2 — Food is more than yummy tastes or crunchy mouthfuls Food is fuel It gives your body and your mind energy Good food keeps you healthy and strong Eating good food keeps you strong and active 5

Your Digestive System — page 3 — Changing Food to Nutrients But food must be changed before your body can use it Your body must digest it first When you digest food it is broken down into nutrients Nutrients feed your body and keep it working well EATING GOOD FOOD ALSO HELPS YOU THINK

Your Digestive System — page 4 — Your body is made up of billions of cells Cells are like tiny building blocks They work together to form every part of you Your skin bones and muscles are made of cells Cells make up your eyes heart and all of your other organs too Your body uses nutrients to fix damaged cells It uses nutrients to make new cells It uses nutrients for energy too That energy gives you the power to live and grow Nutrients give cells what they need to grow divide and work This cell is about to split into two cells 7

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