5: Fueling the Body
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- Chapter 10: The Digestive System
- 10.1: Prelude to the Digestive System
- 10.2: The Mechanical Theory of Digestion
- 10.3: The Chemical Principle of Digestion
- 10.4: Digestive Enzymes
- 10.5: The Mouth—The First Chamber of Digestion
- 10.6: The Esophagus—Just a Swallow Away
- 10.7: The Churning, Acid Stomach
- 10.8: Small Intestine—Where the Action Is
- 10.9: The Colon
- 10.10: Leaving the Digestive Tract
- 10.11: Psychological or Emotional Effects
- 10.12: Letting the Digestive System Do Its Job
- 10.13: Summary
- Chapter 11: Metabolism and the Vitamin Key
- 11.1: Prelude to Metabolism and the Vitamin Key
- 11.2: The Microbes that Couldn’t Be Found
- 11.3: The Missing Link of Nutrition—Vitamins
- 11.4: Energy Balance of Life
- 11.5: Release of Energy in Metabolism
- 11.6: Aerobic Metabolism and the Mitochondria
- 11.7: Athletic Performance
- 11.8: Storing Excess Calories
- 11.9: Starvation and Low-Carbohydrate Diets
- 11.10: Summary
- Chapter 12: Water—The Body’s Inner Sea
- 12.1: Prelude to Water—The Body’s Inner Sea
- 12.2: The Chemistry of Life and the Primitive Sea
- 12.3: We Are Mainly Water
- 12.4: Water and the Body’s Cooling System
- 12.5: Water and the Body’s Wastes
- 12.6: Water Balance
- 12.7: Water in Food and Drink
- 12.8: Water—Plain and Bottled
- 12.9: Summary
- 12.10: Guest Lecturer


