JOURNEY THROUGH the HUMAN BODY´S DIGESTIVE SYSTEM
Aug 08, 2019
4 minutes
Words by James Horton
CHEWING, SALIVA & SWALLOWING
It took the evolution of life billions of years to arrive at the level of sophistication of the human being. Our bodies are home to trillions of cells all doing simple jobs on tiny scales, unaware that they’re part of something so much greater than the sum of their parts. But as with any life, for their work to continue they need energy. And how do we fuel and continue to build this gargantuan machine? We drink and we eat.
“This quest for energy begins as soon as you sense something delicious wafting in the air”
Zooming out to you, we can see this quest for
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