Vocabulary

1. a substance in food that provides energy or helps form body tissues and that is necessary for life and growth
6. found in all human and animal tissues, needed to make vitamin D, cell membranes, certain hormones, and bile
7. sugars, starches, and fiber
9. you can live without it only for a few days
11. a substance that is able to protect body structures from a highly chemically reactive form of oxygen
15. energy unit
18. a conditition in which there are not enough red blood cells or hemoglobin to carry oxygen around the body
19. a disorder in which bones become brittle and break easily
21. a double sugar found in candies, table sugar
22. the science or study of food and the ways in which the body uses food
23. a single sugar that is the most important sugar in the body
25. most of it comes frombaked goods, snack foods, can goods, and lunchmeats

2. vital for muscle movement and nerve signals
3. a dietary pattern that includes few or no animal products
4. the sum of chemical processes that takes place in your body to keep you alive and active
5. they are needed in small amounts to maintain health and allow growth
8. occurs when you don't drink enough fluid
10. chemical elements that are needed for certain body processes, like bone formation
12. the body's quickest energy reserve
13. made up of amin acids, needed to build and repair body structures and to regulate processes in the body
14. the best source of it in diet are red meats
16. the main form of energy storage in the body
17. milk sugar
20. a single sugar that is sweeter than table sugar
24. most of it is found in bones