Essential Nutrients Crossword Puzzle

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  1. 2. This vitamin helps prevent birth defects of spine & brain
  2. 3. This mineral helps with the formation of bones & teeth and assists in the contraction of muscles
  3. 6. Vitamin that plays an essential role in normal blood clotting and helps promote bone health
  4. 8. A mineral required in the diet in relatively large amounts
  5. 9. Vitamin that helps adjust your eyes to light
  6. 10. Vitamins that dissolve in water and are not stored in the body
  7. 12. This carbohydrate is sugar
  8. 13. This vitamin helps release energy from foods, promotes normal appetite and is important in the function of nervous system
  9. 14. Number of vitamins that make up the B-Complex group
  10. 16. Vitamin that acts as an antioxidant
  11. 18. This carbohydrate gives you energy that last
  12. 19. These vitamins do NOT lose their nutrients when cooked
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  1. 1. Vitamin that helps develop strong bones and teeth
  2. 4. This mineral helps regulate blood pressure and water balance in cells
  3. 5. This mineral helps with the production of energy and muscle contraction
  4. 7. This mineral helps build strong bones and teeth
  5. 11. A mineral that is needed by the body in such very small amounts
  6. 15. This vitamin helps release energy from foods, promotes good vision and healthy skin
  7. 17. This mineral helps with the production of hemoglobin, the protein within red blood cells that binds oxygen for delivery to the various organs