Our story begins in the little town of Mayville where millions of races of food individuals, although in this tale we will following along on an amazing adventure with a sandwich who wasn't like the others. Sandy the Sub Sandwich, has lived in Mayville all her life but through all that time, she struggled to make friends and connect with others. She has always looked different to the other foods which caused her to become very shy and introverted. Although, at this, cause Sandy to feel lonely all the time, it had a major advantage as Sandy had never gotten chosen to be the one to get swallowed, whereas all of her sub buddies were leaving her sight daily due to famished and keen humans. However, Sandy did not know this and always was jealous of wherever the others went off …show more content…
As Sandy looked around at her surroundings, she noticed that the lipase her to melt! This included all of her expensive dressing, cheese and all of the other veggies. The bread was being attacked by the amylase and it slowly started to descend and enter the. Sandy was horrified when The starving human’s sharp teeth started to crush and chew on Sandy. She felt very soggy as the salivary amylase that is made in the salivary glands started to coat her body. Sandy couldn’t help but notice that she was turning into a small bolus, chewed food at the moment of swallowing right before entering the throat. After Sandy’s horrifying experience in the mouth, She entered the throat/ pharynx where she was forced into the esophagus! Sandy remembered the one word that her local sub friends would chant. “Peristalsis”, that is what it is. Sandy was mentally preparing for her greatest adventure through the humans body as she travelled down the esophagus. As Sandy descended she recognized the 3 main food groups that she was made of which consisted of Carbohydrates her bread, protein, which is in the cheese and turkey breast, as well as fat. The bolus eventually comes to stop at the stomach
Our story begins in the little town of Mayville where all different kinds of food individuals thrive, although in this tale, we will follow along on an amazing adventure with a sandwich who aren’t like the others. Sandy the Sub Sandwich, has lived in Mayville all her life, but through all that time, she struggled to make friends and connect with others. She has always looked different to the other food friends which caused her to become very timid and introverted. While Sandy feels lonely all the time, luckily it comes with a major advantage as Sandy has never been chosen to be the one to get swallowed; whereas all of her subbie buddies are leaving her sight daily due to famished humans. However, Sandy did not
She begins by pointing out how novelists never mention food. “it is part of the novelist’s convention not to mention soup and salmon and ducklings.” As if soup, salmon and ducklings are an expectation. Even though nobody talks about it, she takes the liberty to defy that convention. She describes the cooked fish that has been sunk into a
When these two muscles layer contracts in an alternate fashion, it propels the food through the pharynx into the esophagus. This mechanism is called peristalsis. (Marieb E. 2006)
We have read most of the informational text Chew on This. Think back to what you have read, and write a multi-paragraph response in which you analyze what you found MOST shocking or interesting, and explain how it may or may not change your food choices. Your response must be based on ideas and information that can be found in the book Chew on This.
...ve eaten, to break down the food into a liquid mixture and to slowly empty that liquid mixture into the small intestine. Once the bolus has entered your stomach it begins to be broken down with the help of the strong muscles and gastric juices which are located in the walls of your stomach. The gastric juices are made up of hydrochloric acid, water, and mucus- and the main enzyme inside of your stomach is what is known as pepsin, which needs to be surrounded in an acidic setting in order to do its job, that is to break down protein. Once the bolus has been inside of your stomach for long enough it begins to form into a liquid called chyme, and what keeps the chyme from flowing back into our esophagus are ring shaped muscles known as sphincters located at the beginnings and ends of the stomach and they have the task of controlling the flow of solids and liquids.
Let’s begin when we take our first bite of spaghetti, what is happening inside our mouth? The molecule of starch is quickly broken down by salivary analyzes. These molecules are designed to break down starch, otherwise they could break us down. The salivary analyzes are made of a special molecule, an amylase enzyme, which aids in a process. In this case, the enzyme aided in the catabolic process, where the molecule is being broken down and energy is released. When the salivary analyzes breaks down the starch through hydrolysis, where water is needed in this process, energy is lost and the product of
Have you ever wondered where your food has gone once you consume it? Through your digestive system where the mass of food undergoes a process called digestion. Digestion is the chemical and physical breakdown of food into forms such as energy or nutrients that can be used by the body’s cells (McKenzie, 2010). The whole process starts in the mouth. The mouth contains a watery substance called saliva. Saliva is important to the whole process of food digestion, because not only does it help with sensing taste, but it is also made up of enzymes that break down the fats and starches in food at a molecular level. The esophagus is a tube where swallowed food travels down to the stomach. The stomach is a muscular sac that acts as a blender and mixes food with acid, hydrochloric acid, which breaks down the swallowed chum and flushes the nutrients into the small intestine (Columbia University, 2010). The hydrochloric acid in the stomach is so powerful it can eat through a leather shoe. However, the stomach contains other chemicals, such as gastric acid, mucus and enzymes that also soften food (Sullivan, 2008). The result thus far in the process of digestion in the stomach is now called chime (Sullivan,
The identity crisis that is spoken of in “If You Are What You Eat, What Am I?” concerns the changes from an Indian diet to an American diet and the way it makes her feel. For her food ended up being one of the most important parts of her own personal identity and was the source of distress for her as a child. As a child she wants to fit in with her friends at school by eating American foods and she has concerns as to whether she is really her parent’s daughter or not.
Finally, I said to her “Hey! Just go wherever you want to eat, I’ll get something small.” If someone had to said this to me, it would happily end any group deliberation over food. Instead of reacting like I would, she let out an exasperated sigh as if I had delivered bad news. At this moment I felt lost on what to do. The first thing that came to my mind, was that she may feel reluctant to decide on food due to the social expectations Zimmerman details in her piece.
The body uses various organs and chemicals to break down food. The breakdown of food he...
Contemplating my choices, I finally had a rare stroke of inspiration. Why not let digesting the food be the finale of my dear Victoria’s life? Sighing contentedly, I adopted a caring disposition and said to Victoria, “My dear, I will have your food in a minute.”
Everywhere I look I could see a massive wait at the door. Lucky for me I made a reservation. I went to this restaurant call "43 Sea". The young male host sat me at a comfortable red booth. My server greeted me right away with her pearly white teeth. All I wanted was a cold water with lemon. While I waited for the waitress to come back, I could smell something fishy. Yes, of course someone order fish. Gross! The restaurant was really coward and full of people with smiles on their faces. Waa, Waa, Wawa! I could hear the baby crying out for its mother. I got the Grilled to perfection; 1 l/b grilled lobster, asparagus, crispy fingerling potatoes. My food came out smelling fresh. My food tasted delicious. I ate everything off my plate. But I had to order dessert. There is so many delicious desserts that I wanted to try. I choose the cheesecake that is made with cream cheese and cottage cheese. Its smooth and creamy, just sweet enough, with a hint of tartness. The taste just blew my heart away. On the 5th page there's 26 dessert listed. I was so full. I couldn’t eat anymore. Picture this sitting at a table with a full round belly. Enjoying every little piece of my plate.
Amylase is an enzyme present in saliva that causes starch to break down into smaller sugars, such as maltose, by hydrolysis. Amylase digests starch by catalyzing hydrolysis, which
...the effects of manipulating the fatty acids in the stomach of the animals Fu et al (2003)3.
The esophagus is a stretchy pipe, about 25 centimeters that carries food and liquids from the throat to the stomach for digestion after it has been chewed and chemically softened in the mouth. (InnerBody, 2013) ...