CELLS E-MAIL TRAVEL

Salute the heart, the body's pump
That pipelines blood through veins,
And lungs, its happy slave, of sorts,
That breathes and health sustains.
Digestive tract which calls for food,
And sends through many pawls,
The nourishment to build the needs
When body systems call.
Digestion's busy working line
Looks through the menu there,
Dispenses enzymes needed to
Metabolize the fare.
Fatty foods will need some help,
For passage through this maze,
Lipase is needed for that fat,
And required every day.
Mind sends an e-mail to the brain,
"Raw foods for enzymes, please,"
To help with trans-fat's fatty chunks
Lest arteries be squeezed.
We'll try to move a passage through
Before they form a dam
So blood with oxygen moves on
To heart through diaphragm.
Amylase helps digest the starch
That's found in burger buns,
But starch and fats are not best friends,
Together, try to shun.
Protein calls for protease,
An enzyme in raw foods,
And helps digest the vegetables,
To comfort tummy's moods.
Moving through digestion's trail,
The spleen needs mention too,
Graveyard for corpuscles spent,
Important work to do.
The liver - warehouse for them all,
Fats, sugars, proteins too,
When worn out cells are broken down,
Albumen sent on through.
The kidneys do important work,
They're very willing slaves,
Where water cleanses tissues worn,
Then spills to bladder's cave.
A sturdy well-lined reservoir,
That guards its exit well,
When full, dispatches messages,
E-mails through body cells.
Together, cells by billions work,
At just the proper rate,
To fuel the body's pulleys,
And muscles generate.
In harmony these cells must work,
With oxygen and foods,
And exercise for muscle strength,
All systems this includes.
Of course the brain is CEO
Chief officer in charge,
That must coordinate them all,
Diseases to discharge.
Sweets and fats cause fouled up lines
Wreak havoc with each cell,
Disease and death can take control
Of body's citadel.
Further stories can be told,
How body cells expel
The poisons through the breath and skin,
There's so much more to tell.
Meanwhile, enjoy the simple foods
That nourish body/mind,
And listen as the brain suggests,
Which ones, and where to find.