WHAT IS SUGAR Anya raced through the fair She wanted to buy something to eat The air was hot and smelled of fresh pretzels and kettle corn Her stomach growled at her to hurry up Anya wandered by rows of pies and cakes She could barely believe the size of the golden-brown funnel cakes topped with strawberries She looked back at the ice cream sundaes and cones Then she stopped to watch a person spin strands of sugar round and round She took a big breath as it Fairgoers can choose from all sorts of sweet treats 5
began to look like a pink fluffy cloud Her hand closed over the money in her pocket She bought a bag of the pink cotton candy The cloud was as big as her head It melted in her mouth when she took a bite It was very sweet Sugar made the cotton candy sweet The sugar tickled the taste buds on the tip of Anya’s tongue DIGESTION The small intestine is an organ It helps break down food into sugars It looks like a long winding tube In adults it is approximately 22 feet 6 7 m long The tube is only a little wider than a thumb Food spends up to four hours here Millions of tiny blood vessels cover parts of the small intestine They are found in part of the intestines called villi Sugars enter the blood through the villi Then the sugars are carried to every cell where they become energy for the body She took another big bite When she swallowed it the cotton candy slid down into her stomach It stopped Cotton candy is almost entirely made of sugar 7
