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- 1. An essential nutrient. It helps to maintain blood volume, regulate the balance of water in the cells, and keep nerves functioning.
- 7. There are no double bonds between the carbon atoms of the fatty acid chain.
- 8. Complex proteins that assist in or enable chemical reactions to occur.
- 10. Acids that your body does not have the ability to synthesize.
- 12. An essential mineral that helps regulate heart function, blood pressure, and nerve and muscle activity.
- 15. Is an essential mineral for the human body. It is needed for protein, bone, and fatty acid formation, making new cells, activating B vitamins, relaxing muscles and blood clotting.
- 17. A A fat-soluble vitamin with multiple functions in the body.
- 18. Is one of the human body’s essential minerals. It forms part of haemoglobin, the component of the blood that carries oxygen throughout the body.
- 19. A unit of measure equal to one one-thousandth of a gram
- 20. Is one of the basic components of food and makes all life possible.
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- 2. In which there are one or more double bonds between carbon atoms of the fatty acid chain.
- 3. An average person with an average life style would need about 8700 of these a day.
- 4. BMI
- 5. An essential mineral that is usually found in nature combined with oxygen.
- 6. It comes from the thick cell walls of plants. It is an indigestible complex carbohydrate.
- 9. Individual isomers of what we more commonly call "fats".
- 11. A chemical substance that help protect against cell damage from free radicals. Well-known examples include vitamin A, vitamin C, vitamin E, carotenoids, and flavonoids
- 13. A general classification to denote water-insoluble compounds, such as fatty acids and sterols
- 14. An essential mineral with a wide variety of functions within the human body.
- 16. Of all the essential minerals in the human body, it is the most abundant. It helps the body form bones and teeth and is required for blood clotting.