Nutrition
Across
- 3. the bodies man source of energy
- 4. helps digest minerals and helps body retain heat
- 7. amount of energy released when nutrients are broken down is measured in units
- 9. vitamins that help protect healthy cells from the damage caused by the normal aging process as well as from certain types of cancer
- 11. blood clotting and the functioning of your nervous system
- 12. necessary for healthy red blood cells
- 14. works with sodium to maintain water balance in your body
- 16. nutrients that occur naturally in rocks and soil
Down
- 1. fatlike substance found only in animal products
- 2. passes out of your body without being digested
- 5. proteins have long chains of smaller "links" bound together
- 6. repairs the body and helps cells
- 8. helps support your immune system and help your body grow and develop
- 10. transports nutrients throughout your body and helps regulate heat
- 13. functioning of the heart and water balance
- 15. chemical process by which your body breaks down food to release this energy