Fasting

Gap-fill exercise

Listen to the beginning of the podcast. If necessary, listen to it repeatedly.
Fill in all the gaps, then press "Check" to check your answers. Use the "Hint" button to get a free letter if an answer is giving you trouble. You can also click on the "[?]" button to get a clue. Note that you will lose points if you ask for hints or clues!

   acid      awake      blood      Brain      breakfast      complaining      cruel      deep      eggs      eyes      eyes      food      glass      glucose      Hospital      intestines      intestines      juices      kidneys      liver      lunchtime      meals      mind      muscles      nose      organ      oxygen      pain      playing      skinny      slim      smell      stomach      tea      toes      tummy   

OK, Team, we have an state. Well, as good as. We've got at 60%, ears at 50 and - ouch - watch it, ! That's the edge of the bath! Please! Ouch, we've got receptors going crazy here! You're right, we're certainly awake now. That was one night's sleep, so I hope no one is . Yes, , obviously you're complaining. When don't you? We'll get you working soon. OK, systems check please, everyone. - you'd like a bit more , no problem. Got to work hard, you've barely done anything all night. OK, leg , let's get us into the kitchen and let's check the oil, wipe the screen and refuel.

I'm Kathrin Collins, I'm chief dietician at Saint George's in South West London. Your body needs a regular intake of , so that's why in virtually every country round the world people would eat two or three a day naturally. That's what our bodies want us to do.

Good work, , we're registring Crunchy Pops. Excellent, , I'm loving the toasty smell. What's she doing? What's that, oesophagus? One lousy of cold water coming down? All fine and dandy, but where's the ? Where's the choco milk? Where's ? Come on! Where's she going now? Back in the bedroom? That's it? What's she at? We want breakfast! We want ... OK, team, we know what's going down - or rather, what isn't. One of her silly friends has been telling her she needs to down. Result: No breakfast. Real result: We'll be running on empty till .

If you see food when you're hungry you can feel your rumbling because just the sight of food or the of food will actually get the digestive flowing into the stomach and the rumbling is actually due to air and fluid in the tummy and in the starting to move round just at the sight and smell of food.

I don't care, stomach. You can pump up that as long as you like, she's not going to take any notice. I know, I can smell the , too. That husband of hers is a man. It's goint to be a long morning of over matter for all of us.

The sugar that's in the bloodstream is , and that provides the instant energy for every single in our body: your , your , your , your brain and all your muscles require and they also need a source of fuel. And glucose or blood sugar is what we use.