Friday, May 29, 2009

Presentation

For my project I am making a website. I am using a program called Yola and it is working quite well. So far I have a home page and a page all about vitamin A. I am almost done my page on vitamin B and then I will be working on vitamin C. It has been really easy for me to relate vitamin supplements to the digestive system. With the great program I am using I will be done quite soon.

Thursday, May 21, 2009

Vitamin Supplements

I am learning about vitamin supplements and how they affect the digestive system and this is what I have learnt so far. Vitamin C helps enzymes do their job which is to chemically digest food. There are two enzymes in the saliva which are called amylase and lingual lipase. Amylase starts breaking down starches in food. Lingual lipase separates triglycerides (the chemical form of fat that is found in food) into its components of glycerol and fatty acids.