The digestive system breaks downs the food you eat and makes it into liquid mush. After it finishes it turns it to energy, body fat, protein and waste. How can you protect it? The best way to protect your digestive system is to watch what you eat and consume more fibre in your diet. Eat more raw fruit and vegetables, yoghurt and drink heaps of water. What happens if it goes wrong? When your digestive system goes wrong you will have bad diarrhea, a chance of cancer, or constipation. When your digestive system goes wrong you will get a super bad stomach ache. How does the digestive make waste. The digestive system makes waste by breaking food down to the size of a piece of sand. And from then on it gets mashed kind of burnt and then spat out of the anus. Why is your digestive system so important? Your digestive system is important because without it you wont be able to eat, or be able to poop which can also be called constipation.