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Video of the journey food takes in our Digestive System inside the human body

If you have ever wondered the journey food and beverages take throughout the digestive system in our body, you will be interested in watching this video.  A camera will show you the inside of our digestive system in this video.  (If you are sensitive to live views inside the body, you may not want to watch this video)

Our digestive system is responsible for absorption of nutrients, vitamins, minerals, etc. It is composed of the mouth, esophagus, stomach, small intestine and large intestine. The entire digestive tract, from mouth extending to the anus, also called gastrointestinal tract, is about 30 feet long! If the surface of the intestine could be spread out flat, it would have a surface area of approximately the size of a tennis court, or about 250 square meters.  It is important that our digestive system is working well so we break down the food we eat and take up the nutrients in those foods in order to have a good nutritional status.

Watch Camera showing the journey food takes throughout our digestive system HERE

Digestive System

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To Choose Organic, or Not to Choose Organic foods?…EWG helps us decide

Choosing Organic foods means paying more for groceries…it is excellent if you are able to afford to buy all organic…but if you can’t, think about choosing the organic version of the foods listed by the EWG (Environmental Working Group). The EWG tests our produce and lists the top worst they call the dirty list…meaning the foods that contain the most pesticide. Take a look at the dirty dozen list for 2017, and try to buy the organic version of those foods to decrease your pesticide intake this year. EWG Dirty 12 and Clean 15 Guide to Pesticides in Produce They also have the full list of 48 foods, 1 being the worst, and 48 having the least amount of pesticide. EWG Pesticides in Produce List 2017