Hello friends of Steemit today, I want to talk to you about how we should take care of our Digestive System, which is very important. If we eat healthily and drink enough water, we help it work very well. The importance of eating well and in a healthy way, is knowing hygiene habits because we are responsible for the care of our health
*What is the digestive system?
Is the set of organs responsible for the process of digestion, ie the transformation of food so that they can be absorbed and used by the cells of the body.
The function performed is the transport of food, secretion of digestive juices, absorption of nutrients and excretion through the process of defecation.
*Description and functions
From the mouth to the anus, the digestive tube measures about one meter in length. In the mouth proper digestion begins. The teeth crush the food and the secretions of the salivary glands humidify them and initiate their chemical decomposition they transform into the food bolus. Then, the food bolus crosses the pharynx, continues to the esophagus and reaches the stomach, a muscular bag of liter and a half capacity, whose segregation is the most gastric juice. In the stomach the food is stirred to become the chyme.
At the end of the stomach, the digestive tract is called a small intestine, about six meters long and very folded back on itself. In its first portion or duodenum receives secretions from the intestinal glands, the bile comes from the gallbladder and the juices of the pancreas. All these secretions contain a large amount of enzymes that degrade food and transform them into simple soluble substances such as amino acids. The digestive tract continues through the large intestine, just over a meter and a half in length. Its final portion is the rectum, which ends in the anus, through which the indigestible remains of the food are evacuated to the outside.
*Why is care in the digestive system important?
It's very important. If we eat healthily and drink enough water, we help our appliance work very well. The importance of eating well and healthily, knowing the hygiene habits and taking responsibility for the care of our health, because our cells need good nutrition and nutrition to perform their functions in an effective way and in this way to have a body healthy and strong.
*To take care of our Digestive System it is advisable to consider the following tips:
- Hygiene in Food: Eat well, chew food well without food, Eat the necessary nutrients for proper nutrition and do not abuse large meals, rest or walk briefly after each meal. All this favors the digestion of food.
- Hygiene in Food Handling: It is necessary to avoid infections and food poisoning. For this it is necessary to follow the following tips:
> Wash your hands scrupulously before eating them, after going to the bathroom, handling money or touching trash
> It must be ensured that the ingested food does not have any degradation or decomposition process dangerous to health.
> Vegetables and fruits that can be eaten raw should be washed well, because they can have chemical products.
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