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