Food and Nutrition Terms

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Across
  1. 3. A severe nutrient shortage
  2. 6. Helps build, repair, and maintain body tissues
  3. 8. Fats that help lower cholesterol levels
  4. 11. Raises the level of bad cholesterol in the system
  5. 12. Fibre that dissolves in water
  6. 16. Regulates many body processes and aids other nutrients
  7. 18. Helps decrease bad cholesterol levels and raises good cholesterol levels
  8. 19. Used to survive, grow and provide energy to the body
  9. 20. Chains of chemical building blocks in protein
Down
  1. 1. The process of breaking down foods into usable nutrients
  2. 2. Mixture of plant materials not broken down by the digestive system
  3. 4. Fat-like substance present in all body cells, needed for essential body processes
  4. 5. Bodys' main source of energy
  5. 7. Essential to life, makes of most of your body weight
  6. 9. Nutrition-related disease when the bones become porous making them weak and fragile
  7. 10. Minerals needed in very small amounts
  8. 13. Concentrated source of energy, needed in moderate amounts
  9. 14. Helps the body work properly, can become part of body tissues
  10. 15. Specific major minerals that work together to maintain the body's fluid balance
  11. 17. Minerals needed in relatively large amounts