It Takes Guts: How Your Body Turns Food Into Fuel (and Poop)

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Welcome to a fascinating tour of our guts, crafted by a doctor/scientist who often hosts science shows for kids.

I have a much better understanding of the journey my food takes through my body after reading this book. but with the in depth knowledge and recipes here it made it absolutely cravable from the very first bite.The illustrations are great and the language is perfect—she does not talk down to kids, but rather on a level where everyone can understand.

She hosts the Muscle Maven Radio podcast, where she interviews experts in exercise, nutrition, and overall wellness. Jennifer Gardy turns what would be a stinky situation into something almost magical, how your body’s organs work together to extract all the good stuff from food (like vitamins and minerals) and get rid of the waste by pooping it out. Vancouver illustrator Belle Wuthrich’s lighthearted images achieve the same balance of fun and dignity as Gardy’s prose: we get anthropomorphized poops and rainbows in toilets, but the illustrations never feel juvenile, in the negative sense of the term.Gardy starts by exploring, in depth, the complicated procedure that is chewing, along with all its attendant features (saliva, teeth, tongue, taste buds, and epiglottis), then moves through the esophagus, stomach, and small and large intestines, until finally arriving at the big event, where turds – fully depleted of all things useful, and in a handy solid form – get pushed out into the world. Enjoy 75 delicious and uncomplicated recipes sourced from an enthusiastic advocate of nose-to-tail, ancestrally inspired eating who does not have a background in cooking or organ meats—so if she can do it, so can you!