Across
- 2. Process of maintaining a steady state in the body.
- 4. Carbohydrates linked by long chains of sugars.
- 7. Essential for the formation of bones and teeth.
- 8. The major provider of energy in your cells.
- 9. 45-65% of intake should be this nutrient.
- 14. Also know as simple carbohydrates.
- 15. Makes up about 65% of your body weight.
- 18. Waxy, fat-like substance in animal products.
- 19. Substances the body needs to regulate bodily functions, etc.
- 21. Nutrients found in rocks and soil, required by the body in small amounts.
- 25. Too much of this mineral can cause high blood pressure.
- 26. Fats, proteins and _ are used by the body for energy.
- 27. Fats with all the hydrogen and carbon atoms they can hold.
- 28. Help protect healthy cells from damage by aging.
Down
- 1. The chemical process by which the body breaks down food.
- 3. Number of classes of nutrients.
- 4. Measure of the amount of energy released when nutrients are broken down.
- 5. The nutrients responsible for growth and repair.
- 6. Regulate processes in your cells.
- 10. Nutrients made up of oxygen, hydrogen and carbon.
- 11. Excess carbohydrates are stored in the body as this.
- 12. A serious reduction in the body's water content.
- 13. Passes through your body without being digested.
- 16. Condition in which red blood cells do not contain enough hemoglobin.
- 17. One function of this nutrient is to maintain body temperature.
- 20. The type of fat where manufacturers add hydrogen to the molecules in vegetable oil.
- 22. The types of fat found in vegetable oils, nuts and seeds.
- 23. Nutrients made by living things that are required only in small amounts.
- 24. The acids your body break protein into during digestion.