Nutrition

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Across
  1. 2. Time it takes for your body to eliminate half of a substance
  2. 7. nutrients that the body needs in relatively large amounts for energy and functionality
  3. 8. tells us how fast a food will supply our blood with glucose
  4. 10. Carbohydrate that takes longer to digest
  5. 11. simple carbohydrates made up of two sugar molecules
  6. 12. amino acids that build and repair body tissue
Down
  1. 1. Process of breaking down food into smaller absorbable nutrients
  2. 3. unit of energy used to measure the energy content of food
  3. 4. Substance in food that provides energy
  4. 5. Movement of nutrients from the digestive tract into the bloodstream
  5. 6. Carbohydrate that digests quickly
  6. 7. simplest carbohydrate made up of only 1 sugar molecule
  7. 9. long chain of monosaccharides