NMaurer Protein

4. takes cholesterol from the liver to wherever it is needed in the body
6. the warehouses for fat
8. 3 fatty acids/linolenic acid
10. the chemical process that makes carbohydrates
11. a fat-like substance present in all body cells
15. the amino acids that your body needs but cannot provide
17. picks up excess cholesterol and takes it back to the liver for excretion
18. a type of lipid commonly called fats
20. chemical "packages" that transport fatty acids through the bloodstream
22. when a fatty acid contains all the hydrogen it can chemically hold
23. a protein with a globular shape, transports oxygen in the blood to all the cells in your body
25. the building blocks of proteins which link together in many different arrangements

1. two monosacharrides combined chemically
2. protein foods that contain all the essential amino acids
3. function like saturated fats in the body
5. sugars that are extracted from plants and used to sweeten foods
7. sugars that are in single units
9. if only one hydrogen is missing
12. your main source of energy
13. consists of plant materials that can't be digested by human enzymes
14. the green pigment that must be in the plant for photosynthesis to occur
16. used by food producers to sweeten many foods, while adding few or no calories
19. built when plants combine single glucose units into polysaccharides
21. turns vegetable oils into solids
24. built by the chemical elements needed