Nutrition

6. a fuel source, used for energy
7. basic component of all cells, made up of amino acids
9. inorganic (non living) elements found in all body tissues
10. diet in which foods must require little chewing and must be easy to digest
12. a patient with no dietary restrictions will be on this diet

1. examples are butter, oil, eggs, fatty meat
2. diet used for patients with heart disease or atherosclerosis
3. sugar heavy foods are avoided on this diet
4. too much or too little can cause illness
5. essential, found in all body tissues, helps with eliminating wastes
8. diet that consists of easily digested foods that do not irritate the digestive tract, avoid coarse foods, raw fruits and vegetables, fried food, spicy food
11. diet in which one can have tea, coffee, sprite, jello or broth