This document discusses ways to keep the digestive tract healthy such as eating fiber, drinking water, relaxing, and exercising. It then lists and describes common gastrointestinal disorders including food poisoning caused by bacteria like Staphylococcus aureus and Salmonella from meat and dairy, dyspepsia or indigestion, peptic ulcers which are open sores in the stomach caused by bacterial infection that can bleed if untreated, constipation from removing too much water, diarrhea from not enough water removal, dysentery caused by bacteria, protozoa, or viruses where sanitation is poor, and colon cancer which is a common cancer that is 95% curable if detected early and may be related to diet.

1. Lesson 9.6
To keep digestive tract
healthy:
Eat fiber
Drink plenty of
water
Relax
Exercise

2. Gastrointestinal disorders:
1. Food poisoning – caused by
bacteria
•Staphylococcus aureus
•Botulism-vegetables
•Salmonella – meat & dairy
•Typhoid fever – Salmonella
typhi – food and water is most
serious infects whole body

3. 2. Dyspepsia – indigestion
3.Peptic ulcers –
open sores in the mucous
membrane of stomach,
 caused by bacterial infection,
if untreated may bleed
4. Constipation – removal too
much water

4. 5. Diarrhea – not enough water
removed
6. Dysentery – can be caused by
bacteria, protozoan, or virus
usually where poor sanitation
7.Colon cancer – common cancer,
95% curable if detected early,
diet related?