Nutrition Crossword

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Across
  1. 1. Helps muscles contract
  2. 4. A class of nutrients that we should be drinking every day
  3. 5. Where energy is stored
  4. 6. A source of energy
  5. 7. Conduct nerve impulses
  6. 11. They help protect healthy cells from the damage caused by the normal aging process as well as from certain types of cancer
  7. 13. Carries oxygen from lungs to all parts of the body
  8. 14. A waxy, fat like substance made in the liver
Down
  1. 2. A condition in which the red blood cells do not contain enough hemoglobin
  2. 3. The chemical process by which the body breaks down food to release energy
  3. 6. A mineral that is needed in significant amounts
  4. 8. A symptom on dehydration
  5. 9. Helps maintain normal levels of fluid inside our cells
  6. 10. Unit for the amount of energy releases when nutrients are broken down
  7. 12. One of the classes of nutrients