Nutrition and Your Body: Your Body on Gluten

Nutrition and Your Body: Your Body on Gluten — page 5
his saliva The pizza softens into a squishy lump His tongue pushes the lump into his throat From there it moves to his stomach The stomach breaks down the food into its basic parts Those parts become a liquid mixture The liquid leaves his stomach and enters his intestines His intestines absorb the nutrients his body needs The leftovers are removed as waste products in the form of urine and stool Most people's bodies don't have trouble with gluten They can happily eat pizza without a problem But that's not always the case Some people have a bad reaction to gluten The gluten irritates their small intestine They can get abdominal pain or diarrhea Gluten might even damage their digestive system These people need to avoid gluten But most people don't want to avoid pizza They search for gluten free substitutes The words gluten free pop up at restaurants and stores everywhere 8