Nutrition EC
Across
- 2. minimum of nutrient maintains defined level of nutritional health
- 4. complex organic molecules made up of amino acids
- 5. substance that contains a vitamin, herb, amino acid or other compound that is not food
- 8. needed for all cell membranes, in brain and nerve cells
- 11. three fatty acids attached to glycerol molecule
- 13. energy needed to heat one gram of water
- 14. enzyme found in saliva and pancreatic fluid
- 15. chemical reactions in the cell uses nutrients
Down
- 1. receive a placebo in the experiment
- 3. chemical bond between two amino acids
- 6. substances present in food that are not nutrients but have healthful benefits
- 7. reaction where large food molecules are broken down
- 9. class of nutrients that don't dissolve in water
- 10. smallest units of life, building blocks for tissues and organs
- 12. hormone produced in pancreas, regulates glucose in blood