Health Terms

5. A food that has all 9 essential amino acids.
7. the conversion of foods into simpler substances that can be absorbed by the body.
9. grain that's been milled or processed to remove the bran & germ to give it a finer texture.
11. principle or rules that help determine a course of action.
12. Grain consisting of the whole kernel, including the bran or outer husk, and the germ.
14. The transmission of qualities and traits through the genes from ancestor to descendant.

1. A nutrient composed of carbon,hydrogen and oxygen that provides the body's preferred form of energy.
2. Foods that have been changed from their natural state to make them safer or more convenient.
3. The basic unit of mass and weight in the metric system,equal to about 1/28 of an ounce.
4. A unit for measuring the energy produced by food when its metabolized in the body.
6. providing a lot of nutrition in relation to its calories.Nutrient dense foods provides lots of vitamins,minerals,complex carbohydrates,protein or healthy fats for relatively few calories.
8. The outer part of a cereal grain
10. plant food components,including plant cell walls,pectins,gums and brans, that the body cannot digest.
13. having to do with the diet.
15. A term used to describe foods in which most of the energy typically comes from processed carbohydrates and fat,and which lacks nutrients such as vitamins,minerals,amino acids or dietary fiber.