Health Crossword

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Across
  1. 1. Helps maintain water balance and make protein; functioning of heart and nervous system.
  2. 4. Nutrients that occur naturally in rocks and soil.
  3. 6. Important in blood clotting and the functioning of the nervous system and is an essential ingredient in the formation and maintenance of the bones and teeth.
  4. 9. Minimum percentage of fat needed in daily food intake
  5. 10. Amount of calories in each gram of fat
  6. 11. Vitamins that help protect healthy cells from the damage caused by the normal aging process as well as from certain types of cancer.
  7. 12. Series of chemical reactions resulting in a release of energy
Down
  1. 2. Part of red blood cells; helps in energy metabolism
  2. 3. Dissolved substances that regulate many processes in your cells
  3. 5. Condition in which the red blood cells do not contain enough hemoglobin.
  4. 6. Source of energy for the body
  5. 7. Waxy, fatlike substance that is only found in animal products
  6. 8. Acids smaller substances in long chains of proteins
  7. 9. What is made when made when manufactures add hydrogen to the fat molecules in vegetable oils
  8. 13. Minimum percentage of proteins needed in your daily food intake