CHO Crossword

2. a hormone produced in the pancreas by the islets of Langerhans, which regulates the amount of glucose in the blood.
3. any of a large group of organic compounds occurring in foods and living tissues and including sugars, starch, and cellulose.
7. a disease in which the body’s ability to produce or respond to the hormone insulin is impaired.
10. made up of sugar molecules that are strung together in long, complex chains.
11. deficiency of glucose in the bloodstream.
15. Single molecule sugar.
16. a system that ranks foods on a scale from 1 to 100 based on their effect on blood-sugar levels.
17. something that completes or enhances something else when added to it.
18. a regulatory substance produced in an organism and transported in tissue fluids such as blood or sap to stimulate specific cells or tissues into action.
19. foods that contain, in addition to nutrients, other components that may be beneficial to health.

1. broken down quickly by the body to be used as energy.
4. consisting essentially of sucrose, and used as a sweetener in food and drink.
5. is the most common noncommunicable disease worldwide.
6. partial or total inability to digest lactose, which may result in abdominal pain, bloating, and diarrhea after consuming milk and other dairy products and is caused by deficiency of the enzyme lactase.
8. 10 or more molecule sugar.
9. the sum of Dietary Fiber and Added Fiber.
12. a substance deposited in bodily tissues as a store of carbohydrates.
13. a simple sugar which is an important energy source in living organisms and is a component of many carbohydrates.
14. includes the parts of plant foods your body can't digest or absorb.
17. It is a polysaccharide which functions as a carbohydrate store and is an important constituent of the human diet.