What should I be Eating

Two guides for healthy eating

A unit of heat that measures the energy available in foods

Calorie:

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/ind

ex.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