Nutrition and Wellness

3. any of a group of organic compounds that are essential for normal growth and nutrition and are required in small quantities in the diet because they cannot be synthesized by the body.
4. A soft silvery-white reactive metal found in foods.
7. A collective term used to refer to all the monosaccharides and disaccharides.
8. not previously known or used; new or different.
10. a red protein responsible for transporting oxygen in the blood of vertebrates.
11. the colorless fluid part of blood, lymph, or milk, in which corpuscles or fat globules are suspended.
14. the natural agent that stimulates sight and makes things visible.
15. An energy-yielding nutrient composed of carbon, hydrogen, oxygen, and nitrogen.
16. One of the six classes of nutrients that include sugars, starches, and fibers.
19. A polysaccharide that is the storage form of energy in plants.

1. a basic component of food that nourishes the body.
2. each of a pair of organs in the abdominal cavity of mammals, birds, and reptiles, excreting urine.
5. a chemical element or substance required in trace amounts for the normal growth and development of living organisms.
6. of, relating to, or derived from living matter.
7. light from the sun.
9. possessing or enjoying good health or a sound and vigorous mentality.
12. This unit is used as a measure of the energy released by food as it is digested by the human body.
13. A mineral found mainly in the hard part of bones, where it is stored.
17. a natural oily or greasy substance occurring in animal bodies, especially when deposited as a layer under the skin or around certain organs.
18. a colorless, transparent, odorless, tasteless liquid that forms the seas, lakes, rivers, and rain and is the basis of the fluids of living organisms.