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- 6. Vitamins A, D, E, and K are fat soluble and can lead to this if taken in excessive amounts.
- 7. Limit your intake of this to lower your risk of heart attack and stroke, because too much of it can raise your blood pressure.
- 9. These fats are of a certain type: olive, canola, and peanut oil.
- 10. Soft drinks, fruit juices, energy drinks, alcoholic beverages, and sports drinks contain a lot of this.
- 13. Serves to build and repair body tissue.
- 14. We love it on pizza but we should eat less of it because it’s high in saturated fat.
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- 1. Keeps our body insulated, transports soluble vitamins, helps to maintain a healthy nervous system, skin, and hair.
- 2. These help regulate chemical processes in the body.
- 3. The body's main energy source.
- 4. These are essential for growth and development.
- 5. One of six macro-nutrients.
- 8. Along with poultry, this type of protein source should be selected over red meat and processed meats like bacon, sausage, and cold cuts.
- 11. This index rates carbohydrates effect on our blood sugar levels.
- 12. Number of calories in 1 g of protein or carbohydrate.