Description

Meet Smart-Food Sarah who teaches her good friend Jason that if he understands how food works in his body, he will make choices that will help him to be strong and healthy. Sarah enthusiastically teaches children the following:

• The Three Basic Food Groups – Proteins, Fats & Carbohydrates, and What Foods Contain Them
• The Parts of the Digestive System – The Esophagus, Stomach, and Large Intestine
• The Good Guys Inside the Digestive System – Acid, Bile, Enzymes, and Good Bacteria
• How Proteins, Fats & Carbohydrates are Broken Down in the Digestive System
• The Good Guys In the Immune System – White Cell Warriors
• List of Vitamins & Minerals and What Foods Contain Them
• The Foods That Support the Immune System
• The Foods That Weaken the Immune System
• The Vitamins, Minerals and Good Bacteria That Keep the White Cell Warriors Strong
• List of Smart Foods & List of Junk Foods

Trigger Warning: This book was written in 1990 and contains the word “fat”, which may be offensive to the reader. There is a lack of diversity and the white cell warriors carry guns.