nutrients

6. a substances that gives nourishment
9. a group of substances that are needed for normal cell function
11. if a food does not contain nutrients or if the calories from sugar and fats outweigh the nutrients in the food
13. liquid at room temperature
14. colorless, transparent, odorless liquid that forms the seas, lakes, rivers, and rain
15. unsaturated fatty acids that come from either natural or industrial sources
16. a thread or filament from which a vegetable tissue, mineral substance, or textile is formed.
17. a compound of the sterol type found in most body tissues
19. any of a number of categories into which types of food are classified in various nutritional schemes.
20. rovided with defensive works as protection against attack.
21. the chemical processes that occur within a living organism in order to maintain life.

1. made up of sugar molecules that are strung together in long, complex chains
2. sugars that are added during the processing of foods
3. to make rich or richer
4. a solid inorganic substance of natural occurrence.
5. broken down quickly by the body to be used as energy
7. ones that cannot be synthesized by the body
8. large, complex molecules that play many important roles in the body
10. a unit of energy equivalent to the heat energy needed to raise the temperature of 1 gram of water
12. whats on your plate?
18. a soft, silver-white, metallic chemical element, one of the alkali metals