Diabetes and sugars
Across
- 4. are present in all living organisms and include many essential biological compounds
- 5. a regulatory substance produced in an organism and transported in tissue fluids such as blood
- 7. a sweet crystalline substance obtained from various plants
- 8. the strength and vitality required for sustained physical or mental activity.
Down
- 1. a hormone produced in the pancreas by the islets of Langerhans, which regulates the amount of glucose in the blood.
- 2. is a cell produced through hematopoiesis and found mainly in the blood
- 3. any of a large group of organic compounds occurring in foods and living tissues
- 6. is a term used to describe a class of macro nutrients used in metabolism called triglycerides