Nutrients Terms

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Across
  1. 4. the process of taking in food and using it for energy and growth
  2. 7. are made when hydrogen is added to vegetable oils
  3. 9. vitamins that are fat soluble
  4. 11. proteins containing all the essential amino acids
  5. 12. this vitamins helps prevent birth defects
  6. 14. proteins that are missing one or more of the essential amino acids
  7. 15. nutrient needed to build cells and tissues
Down
  1. 1. compounds that help regulate many vital body processes
  2. 2. provides the most calories per gram of all the nutrients
  3. 3. a form of complex carbonhydrates from plants that humans cannot digest
  4. 4. substances in foods that your body needs to grow
  5. 5. helps make red blood cells and carries oxygen in the blood
  6. 6. sugars and starches in foods
  7. 8. are needed for healthy bones and teeth
  8. 10. sugars and should be carefully restricted by diabetics
  9. 11. take longer for the body to break down
  10. 13. should be carefully restricted by people with hypertension