Nurtients
Across
- 3. Nutrient that provides the body’s main source of energy.
- 5. Helps regulate body temperature and transport nutrients.
- 10. Type of fat that is solid at room temperature.
- 11. The study of how your body uses the food you eat.
- 12. Non digestible plant material that helps with digestion.
- 15. Foods high in calories but often low in nutrients.
- 16. Carbohydrate type that includes starches and fiber.
- 17. There are six of these groups: carbs, proteins, fats, vitamins, minerals, water.
- 19. Vitamins that dissolve in water and are not stored long-term.
Down
- 1. Disease caused by lack of Vitamin C.
- 2. Nutrients your body uses to build and repair tissues.
- 4. Chemical substances in food that help maintain the body.
- 6. Mineral deficiency that causes anemia.
- 7. Nutrients with 9 calories per gram.
- 8. Minerals needed in amounts of 100 mg or more per day.
- 9. Vitamins that dissolve in fat and can be stored in the body.
- 11. Foods high in vitamins and minerals but relatively low in calories.
- 13. Unit of energy found in food and used by the body.
- 14. “Good” cholesterol that removes the bad cholesterol.
- 18. Carbohydrate type that includes sugars.