nutrition sci
Across
- 2. a type of food that comes from a specific type of plant that is also called a legume
- 4. a naturally occurring, extremely complex substance that consists of amino acid residue joined by peptide bonds
- 5. disease a condition produced by dietary or metabolic deficiency
- 8. a solution that can resist pH change upon the addition of an acidic or basic components
- 10. if the protein you eat doesn't have all the nine types of amino acids you need to get from food
- 13. amino acids that humans and other vertebrates cannot synthesize from metabolic intermediates
- 14. our bodies can produce the amino acid, even if we do not get it from the food we eat
- 15. two incomplete sets of protein that are consumed at the same time in order to fulfill the amino acid deficiency in the other meal
- 16. proteins that protect you when an unwanted substance enters your body
Down
- 1. molecules that combine to form proteins
- 3. a common childhood disorder and is primarily caused by deficiency of energy, protein, and micro nutrients
- 5. the unfolding or breaking up of a protein modifying its standard three-dimensional structure
- 6. The body's balance between acidity and alkalinity
- 7. the practice of not eating meat for moral, religious, or health reasons
- 9. the difference between nitrogen intake and loss reflects gain or loss of total body protein
- 11. severe malnutrition
- 12. a disease marked by severe protein malnutrition and bilateral extremity swelling