Nutrition
Across
- 3. substance found in food that your body needs for growth and health
- 5. substance that comes from your liver; circulates through your blood
- 6. indigestible part of food in plants; improves digestion and lowers cholesterol levels
- 7. foods any food that has been cooked, canned, frozen, packaged, or changed in nutritional composition
- 12. the condition of being grossly fat or overweight
- 14. quickest source of energy; basically sugar; quick to be digested
Down
- 1. the amount of energy in the food you eat
- 2. laboratory process where genes from one strand of DNA are extracted and forced into an unrelated plant or animal's DNA strand
- 4. substance that provides nourishment; essential for growth and maintenance of life
- 8. food grown or made without the use of artificial chemicals
- 9. there are two kinds - saturated and unsaturated
- 10. the avoidance of excess or extremes, especially in one's behavior
- 11. consist of large chains of amino acids that are essential for human life
- 13. liquid that is essential for life, 8 cups a day