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9) Your stomach
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Describes the stomach and the digestive system and explains how the human body processes food to get nutrients.
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"When we eat food, we don't need to think about how our bodies will break it down. The digestive system takes care of that for us! With the help of this informative book, readers learn the ins and outs of the human digestive system. They'll see how the system starts working as soon as food enters their mouth and doesn't stop until it's taken what the body needs and expelled the rest! Concise text is written at a low reading level, helping reluctant...
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"It Takes Guts explores of all the amazing things that happen when we eat and drink: the different tools that the body uses to break food down for digestion, how acids do their part without burning a hole in our stomachs, why we want lots of 'helpful bacteria' in our guts, and how our intestines pass the leftovers along and out the other end. It also explains how the digestive system has a mind of its own, and how it can even affect our moods. And...
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"The digestive system helps humans get the most out of every meal or drink. It also rids the body of unwanted material. This closer look at an essential human body system explains the ins and outs of the digestive system, including its location within the human body, the organs used in digestion, and ways excreting certain materials benefits the human body. Its color photographs and diagrams, fact boxes, and sidebars keep readers interested and offer...