Introduction
Why eat? And what? Given our plentiful resources and inventive minds, we have access to nearly every type of food imaginable. However, my students seem to have their own construed version of the food pyramid, consisting of the pizza, cheeseburger, and fried potato groups, topped off by sugar in all shapes and forms. Food fuels our bodies and minds and shapes our health in countless ways, yet we often pay little attention to the nutrients that we put into our bodies. Most people, including my students, are perplexed about what to eat and why. Challenges of convenience, food access, persuasive advertisements and conflicting media messages only contribute to this confusion. This unit is designed to be a powerful educational tool, teaching the complexities of digestion and metabolism on a human cellular level, while pushing a message of health and responsibility.
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