1. 12/12/2015 Food and Digestion KRS

2. 12/12/2015 Food types Type Found in Uses Carbohydrates Fats Proteins Vitamins Minerals Fibre Water Bread, potatoes, cereal Cream, butter, milk, oil Meat, fish, eggs Vegetables, cereal Meat, milk, cereal Fruit + veg, cereal Water! Energy A store of energy Building and repairing cells Make chemicals in body. Keep you healthy. Strong Teeth, Immune system. 75% of the body is water Keeps you regular!

3. 12/12/2015 The digestive system The whole point of digestion is to break down our food so that we can get the bits we need from it… The main foods affected are CARBOHYDRATES – these are broken down into GLUCOSE

4. 12/12/2015Enzymes Enzymes are chemicals produced by the body to help _______. When they react with food they break it down into ______ pieces which can then pass into the ______: Carbohydrase breaks _______ (a carbohydrate) down into glucose: Protease breaks _______ down into amino acids: Lipase breaks fats (_____) down into fatty acids and glycerol: Words – blood, lipids, proteins, digestion, starch, smaller

5. 12/12/2015 The small intestine This is where the “small parts” are absorbed into our blood stream… Glucose gets absorbed into the blood Everything else passes into the large intestine