diet and nutrition
Across
- 4. he sum of all chemical reactions occurring within the body’s cells, converting food and drink into energy to maintain life, function, and repair structures.
- 7. over-the-counter products intended to add nutrients
- 11. electrically charged minerals
- 14. The most common type of fat in the body, which circulates in the bloodstream to provide energy.
- 15. waxvy fat substance
- 16. unit of measure of energy
- 17. A largely artificial fat created by hydrogenating vegetable oils to make them solid.
- 20. simple suger from food
- 22. A chemical substance obtained from food (such as protein, fat, carbohydrate, vitamin, or mineral)
- 23. small organic molecules that act as the building blocks of proteins
- 24. The sum of all saturated, monounsaturated, polyunsaturated, and trans fats in a food or diet
- 27. the process of breaking down food
- 28. A type of healthy unsaturated dietary fat
- 29. An essential macronutrient made of amino acids that serves as the body’s "workhorses," building and repairing muscle
- 30. A type of fat typically solid at room temperature, found in animal products
Down
- 1. a protein found in wheat,
- 2. bad cholesterol
- 3. good cholesterol
- 5. An essential inorganic mineral
- 6. Simple carbohydrates that provide immediate energy.
- 8. he process of consuming, absorbing, and using nutrients from food that are necessary for growth
- 9. The consumption of water necessary to maintain hydration
- 10. ranks carbohydrates on a scale from 0 to 100 based on how quickly they raise blood sugar
- 12. the primary building blocks of fats
- 13. the total amount of food and drink they consume regularly to get energy for playing, learning, and growing healthy
- 18. Healthy fats that contain multiple double bonds in their chemical structure.
- 19. no fluid in your body
- 21. suger molecules
- 25. a non-digestible carbohydrate essential for health
- 26. specialized biological protein catalysts that speed up metabolism