Nutrition is a vital function.
We use the DISGESTIVE SYSTEM to get nutrients from food. Food moves through our digestive
system and it becomes energy.
Our digestive system has different
organs:
1. Digestion starts in the MOUTH.
2. The food goes down a long tube, the ESOPHAGUS.
3. Then, the food goes into a bag called STOMACH
4. Finally, the food goes into the SMALL INTESTINE, where the nutrients are absorbed into the blood,
and the waste goes into the LARGE INTESTINE.
We get different nutrients from food.
We must eat healthy food and avoid unhealthy food.
There are different food groups: