Aluughs Crossword Puzzle

3. a sweet crystalline substance obtained from various plants, especially sugar cane and sugar beet, consisting essentially of sucrose, and used as a sweetener in food and drink
5. fiber nondigestible carbohydrates that have beneficial physiological effects in humans
8. index a system that ranks foods on a scale from 1 to 100 based on their effect on blood-sugar levels
11. mellitus a disease in which the body’s ability to produce or respond to the hormone insulin is impaired, resulting in abnormal metabolism of carbohydrates and elevated levels of glucose in the blood and urine
12. intolerence partial or total inability to digest lactose, which may result in abdominal pain, bloating, and diarrhea after consuming milk and other dairy products and is caused by deficiency of the enzyme lactase.
13. a hormone produced in the pancreas by the islets of Langerhans, which regulates the amount of glucose in the blood. The lack of insulin causes a form of diabetes
15. any of a large group of organic compounds occurring in foods and living tissues and including sugars, starch, and cellulose.
17. a simple sugar which is an important energy source in living organisms and is a component of many carbohydrates
18. carbohydrate broken down quickly by the body to be used as energy
19. fiber the sum of Dietary Fiber and Added Fiber

1. food foods that offer health benefits beyond their nutritional value
2. add an extra element or amount to
4. any of the class of sugars that cannot be hydrolyzed to give a simpler sugar.
6. carbohydrates made up of sugar molecules that are strung together in long, complex chains.
7. deficiency of glucose in the bloodstream.
9. caries a bacterial disease of calcified tissues of teeth
10. a white, granular, organic chemical that is produced by all green plants
14. a regulatory substance produced in an organism and transported in tissue fluids such as blood or sap to stimulate specific cells or tissues into action
16. fiber includes the parts of plant foods your body can't digest or absorb.
17. a substance deposited in bodily tissues as a store of carbohydrates. It is a polysaccharide which forms glucose on hydrolysis