WILL YOUR STOMACH EXPLODE IF YOU EAT TOO MUCH?

Before you scoff that extra slice of pizza, or go for an enormous dessert having
demolished that extra slice of pizza, here’s some food for thought….

GUT FEELING

Your stomach is like a balloon that can stretch to hold food and shrink when
it’s empty. It gets to work the minute you’ve eaten something, producing lining from
the chemicals. At the same time, its powerful muscles squash food to help digest it,
and move it out of the stomach into the intestines. These muscles can also expand to
fit in all-you-can-eat buffets. An adult’s stomach will hold about 2 litres of food but
can actually squeeze in the same amount again, and more! In fact it’s impossible for
your stomach to burst. Stuffing yourself until you feel as though you’re going to
explode is not recommended though. A bit of your brain called the hypothalamus
controls your appetite: when it tells you you’re full up, listen to it.

Some people make a habit of gorging themselves: competitive eaters compete

to see who can eat the most in a given time limit. The reigning champion ate 53.5 hot
dogs (with buns) in 12 minutes and 8 kg of cow grains in 15 minutes. Come to
mention it, cows are pretty food gorgers themselves. Their stomachs (they have four!)
can hold more than 180 litres. Food goes to the first stomach for some mucus, then
it’s regurgitated and rechewed before being swallowed again.

Scoff: to eat hungrily, greedily, or very quickly.

Shrink: to (cause to) contract or lessen in size
Lining: a layer of material on the inner side or surface of something
Stuffing: seasoned bread crumbs or other filling used to stuff a chicken, turkey, etc., before
cooking.
Stuff: to push, thrust, or cram (something) into something else
Gorging: stuffing with food
Reigning: to possess or use the power or authority of a ruler
Rechewed: to be chewed again
Chew: to crush or grind (something) with the teeth:
Swallow: to take (food or liquid) down the throat with a muscular action
 WILL YOUR STOMACH EXPLODE IF YOU EAT TOO MUCH?

Before you scoff that extra slice of pizza, or go for a enormous dessert having
demolished that extra slice of pizza, here’s any food for thought….

GUT FEELING

Your stomach is like a balloon that can stretching to holding food and shrink
when it’s empty. It gets to work the minute you has eaten something, producing lining
from the chemicals. At the same time, its powerful muscles squash food to help digest
it, and move it out of the stomach into the intestines. These muscles can also expand
to fit in all-you-can-eat buffets. An adult’s stomach will hold about 2 liters of food
but can actually squeeze on the same amount again, and more! In fact it are
impossible for your stomach to burst. Stuffing yourself until you feel as though
you’re go to explode is not recommended though. A bit of your brain called the
hypothalamus controls you appetite: when it tells you you’re full up, listen to it.

Some people make a habit of gorging themselves: competitive eaters compete

to see whom can eat the more in a given time limit. The reigning champion ate 53.5
hot dogs (with buns) in 12 minuts and 8 kg of cow grains in 15 minutes. Come to
mention it, cows are pretty food gorgers themselfes. Their stomachs (they have four!)
can hold more than 180 litres. Food goes to the first stomach for some mucus, then it
are regurgitated and rechewed before being swallowed again.
On the white board:

Star fish can turn their stomach inside out and push it out from the body to capture their prey.
Rodents only have one stomach area and many have to eat twice. This means eating their own poo!

1; liver
2; kidneys
3;stomach
4; rectum
5; Duodenum
6; lungs
7;pancreas
8;large intestine
9; anus
10; small intestines
11; esophagus
12; gall bladder
13; appendix
14; heart
15; bladder