Nutrition Terms

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Across
  1. 3. essential nutrients for the human body. They are one of the building blocks of body tissue and can also serve as a fuel source
  2. 5. It's bad because it becomes part of plaque, the stuff that can clog arteries and make heart attacks and strokes more likely
  3. 6. is a major risk factor for heart disease and stroke
  4. 7. the amount of each food that you are supposed to eat
  5. 8. generic name for sweet-tasting, soluble carbohydrates, many of which are used in food
  6. 9. good” cholesterol
  7. 13. includes fluids that you drink, and fluids you get from food
Down
  1. 1. Along with proteins and carbohydrates, one of the three nutrients used as energy sources by the body
  2. 2. conversion of food/fuel to energy to run cellular processes, the conversion of food/fuel to building blocks for proteins
  3. 4. units of energy
  4. 6. any food that is particularly rich in the complex carbohydrate starch
  5. 10. a value derived from the mass and height of an individual
  6. 11. the quantity of a particular nutrient that should be consumed daily in order to maintain good health
  7. 12. often implies the use of specific intake of nutrition for health or weight-management reasons