Question: Imagine That You Have Just Baked A Pizza Topped With Beet Pesto (made With Beets, Walnuts, And Parmesan Cheese), Tomatoes, Kale, And Goat Cheese. Answer The Following Questions, Separating Your Answers By Number. 1. While Pizza Is Baking In The Oven, You Start To Salivate, And You Feel Your Stomach Grumbling. What “phase” Of Digestion Is This? What …

Imagine that you have just baked a pizza topped with beet pesto (made with beets, walnuts, and parmesan cheese), tomatoes, kale, and goat cheese. Answer the following questions, separating your answers by number. 1. While pizza is baking in the oven, you start to salivate, and you feel your stomach grumbling. What “phase” of digestion is this? What is the purpose of this phase of digestion? (5 pts) 2. When you taste the pizza, you experience a wonderfully savory experience. You have heard that certain cheeses, like the parmesan cheese in the beet pesto, have a “umami” taste. What is the purpose of the “umami” category of taste? (5 pts) 3. In what portion of the GI tract will your body first start to digest the carbohydrate in the pizza crust? The protein in the walnuts? The fat in the goat cheese? (10 pts) 4. Describe the role that the pancreas plays in digesting the pizza. (5 pts) 5. After eating the pizza, you experience reddish stool. What does this tell you about digestion and absorption of the beet pigments? (5 pts)