Michelle chapter 2

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  1. 2. A wasting disease caused by a lack of calories and protein.
  2. 7. lack of proper nutrition, caused by not having enough to eat.
  3. 8. A protein that defends the body against infection and disease.
  4. 9. disease A sickness caused by the lack of an essential nutrient
  5. 11. amino acid The amino acids the body can make for itself
  6. 13. amino acid An amino acid the body cannot make for itself and must obtain from foods.
  7. 17. protein proteins composed of all the essential amino acids humans need.
  8. 18. proteins Two or more incomplete proteins that can be combined to provide all the essential amino acids.
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  1. 1. protein The protein provided by plants.
  2. 3. A condition caused by a lack of calories and protein in a persons eating pattern.
  3. 4. An energy yielding macro nutrient composed of carbon, hydrogen, oxygen, and nitrogen.
  4. 5. The practice of making eating choices consisting entirely or largely of plant.
  5. 6. acid The building blocks of protein molecules.
  6. 8. balance The maintenance of stable levels of acids and bases in body fluid.
  7. 10. A protein deficiency disease.
  8. 12. balance A comparison of the nitrogen a person a person consumes with the nitrogen he or she excretes.
  9. 14. plants that have a special ability to capture nitrogen frorv m the air and transfer it to their protein-rich seeds
  10. 15. A compound that can counteractan excess of either acid or base in a fluid.
  11. 16. The changing of the structure of a protein caused by heat, acids, bases, alcohol, agitation, and oxidation.