Sports Nutrition Vocabulary

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Across
  1. 1. drugs that competitors are not allowed to take because they could artificially improve their performance
  2. 9. required for the structure, function, and regulation of the body's cells, tissues, and organs
  3. 11. naturally occurring inorganic solid, with a definite chemical composition, and an ordered atomic arrangement
  4. 12. keeps us hydrated
  5. 13. mainly sugars and starches that the body breaks down into glucose
  6. 15. the name for the clinical eating disorder
  7. 17. a liquid or gel that contains ions
  8. 18. a substance that is used illicitly to improve athletic performance
  9. 19. a synthetic, addictive, mood-altering drug, used illegally as a stimulant and legally as a prescription drug to treat children with ADD and adults with narcolepsy
Down
  1. 2. a manufactured product intended to supplement one's diet
  2. 3. produced by the pituitary gland, spurs growth in children and adolescents
  3. 4. a simple organic compound containing both a carboxyl and an amino group.
  4. 5. a type of fat containing a high proportion of fatty acid molecules without double bonds, considered to be less healthy in the diet than unsaturated fat
  5. 6. an emotional disorder involving distortion of body image and an obsessive desire to lose weight
  6. 7. chemical compound that is needed in small amounts for the human body to work correctly
  7. 8. major storage form of energy in the body
  8. 10. a synthetic steroid hormone that resembles testosterone in promoting the growth of muscle
  9. 14. a type of fat containing a high proportion of fatty acid molecules with at least one double bond, considered to be healthier in the diet than saturated fat
  10. 16. the energy needed to raise the temperature of 1 gram of water through 1 °C