What is the role of digestion?
Digestion is essential as it enables the body to build and protect itself and function throughout its entire life. The digestive tract transforms the food we eat into nutrients.

These then pass into the blood in the body to fuel all of its cells.

How does food help the body?
Dairy products and other body-building food help maintain the body. The vitamins in body-protective food, such as fruit and vegetables, enable us to stay healthy. Energy-giving food provides us with the energy we need to walk, run and do many other things. Bread and pasta belong to this group.