Across
- 10. A set of recommendations about smart eating a physical activity for all Americans.
- 12. Nutrients the body uses to build and maintain its cells and tissues.
- 13. High ratio of nutrients to calories.
- 15. Substances added to a food produce a desired effect.
Down
- 1. Starches and sugars found in foods, which provide your body's main source of energy.
- 2. A negative reaction to food that doesn't involve the immune system.
- 3. A condition in which the body's immune system reacts to substances. in some foods.
- 4. The process by which your body takes in and uses food.
- 5. An interactive guide to healthful eating and active living.
- 6. A unit of heat used to measure the energy your body uses and the energy it receives from food.
- 7. Compounds found in food that help regulate many body processes.
- 8. A tough complex carbohydrate that the body cannot digest.
- 9. Substances in food that your body needs to grow, to repair itself, and to supply you with energy.
- 11. Waxy, fatlike substance in your blood.
- 14. The spreading of pathogens from one food to another.