Ch 7 Proteins & Fats
Across
- 8. low density lipoprotein that takes cholesterol from the liver to wherever it is needed
- 9. essential amino acids found in foods from animal sources
- 13. the chemical structure of fat
- 14. essential amino acids found in foods from plants
- 16. chemical process that turns vegetable oil into a solid
- 17. a fatty acid found in fish oil and flax seeds
- 18. proteins that are made from chemical building blocks that link together many different arrangements
Down
- 1. the warehouse for fat
- 2. an unsaturated fatty acid that has one hydrogen unit missing
- 3. amino acids that your body needs but cannot provide so you have to eat other foods to get them
- 4. a fatty acid that contains all the hydrogen it can chemically hold
- 5. an unsaturated fatty acid that has two or more hydrogen units missing
- 6. fat
- 7. found in margarine and snack foods and function like saturated fats in the body
- 10. chemical packages that transport proteins through the blood stream
- 11. protein with a globular shape and transports oxygen in the blood to all the cells in your body
- 12. high density lipoprotein picks up excess cholesterol and takes it back to the liver for excretion
- 15. fat-like substance present in all body cells