Eating + Digesting Food

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Across
  1. 3. 90% of this produced in the gut
  2. 4. An enzyme secreted in saliva but not activated until the stomach
  3. 6. A frothy acidic liquid in the stomach
  4. 7. This organ alerts the pancreas, liver and gall bladder to produce digestive juices and bile
  5. 9. Live microbial supplements that enhance nutrition absorption and protect against bowel cancers
  6. 14. The type of fibre that bulks our stool
  7. 15. A soft,small ball of food and saliva
  8. 16. Breaks fats down into individual fatty acids
  9. 18. A state or feeling of fullness after eating food
  10. 24. The drive to satisfy the physiological need for food
  11. 25. Digests the sugar lactose
  12. 28. The product of fermenting indigestible fibres
  13. 29. The organ where enzymatic hydrolysis occurs
  14. 30. An enzyme present in saliva that begins to break carbohydrates down from starches to sugars
  15. 31. A hormone produced by fat tissue that rises with satiety levels
  16. 32. These stimulate the growth of naturally occurring colonic bacteria
Down
  1. 1. Carbohydrates and Proteins are absorbed through these into the bloodstream
  2. 2. The range of organisms living in our intestines, mostly the large
  3. 5. The type of fibre found in baked beans
  4. 8. The process by which a food is broken down into substances that can be absorbed and utilised by the body
  5. 9. Converts peptides to amino acids
  6. 10. Stored in the gall bladder ready for release in the small intestine
  7. 11. Released by small intestine when a high fat meal is eaten, suppressing appetite
  8. 12. Bile is produced here
  9. 13. Finger like projections
  10. 16. A series of wave-like contractions that transport the bolus from the mouth to the stomach
  11. 17. The lacteal connects to this system
  12. 19. A chemical digestive that breaks the bonds that hold the molecular building blocks within the food by incorporating a water molecule
  13. 20. Glucose is burnt with this to produce energy
  14. 21. A measure of how much a food raises blood glucose levels
  15. 22. The desire for food even when are not hungry
  16. 23. Converts proteins into peptides in the stomach
  17. 26. Produced in pancreas, helps absorb glucose into a cell to be used as energy
  18. 27. Ferments indigestible fibres