1. What should I be Eating

2. Two guides for healthy eating

3. A unit of heat that measures the energy available in foods Calorie:

4. How many calories do I Burn?

5. How many calories do I Need?

6. 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

7. 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.

8. Stomach It has a very acid atmosphere and very little is absorbed but this is the Breakdown of the food for the small Intestine.

9. Small Intestine  Small Intestine is a coiled tube from 20 to 23 feet long in which about 90% of digestion and absorption takes place.

10. Large Intestine  A tube 5 to 6 feet in length that plays a part in both digestion and excretion.

11. Colon/Rectum  The final step of solid waste leaving your body.

12. Kidneys  Are organs that remove waste materials such as salts, from the blood.

13. Activity  Go to this web site and find out what your daily food log should look like.  http://www.choosemyplate.gov/myplate/in dex.aspx http://www.choosemyplate.gov/myplate/in dex.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