Across
- 1. sugar that is extracted from plants and used to sweeten food
- 3. dissolves in water and passes easily into the bloodstream during digestion
- 4. carbohydrate with a simple chemical structure
- 7. green pigment in plants, necessary for photosynthesis
- 11. food that contains nine essential amino acids
- 12. getting enough water to meet all the body's needs
- 13. the body's main source of energy
- 16. form of carbohydrate that supplies energy to the body
- 17. increase LDL cholesterol levels and lower HDL cholesterol levels
- 19. vegetable from the cabbage family
- 20. fat like substance in cells that is needed for many body processes
Down
- 2. plant material that can't be digested
- 5. poisoning from too much of a substance
- 6. process by which plants use the sun's energy to convert carbon dioxide and water into oxygen and gluclose
- 8. fat protein unit
- 9. substance that tastes sweet but has few or no calories
- 10. condition in which the body has too little water
- 14. turns vegetable oils into solids
- 15. basic building block of fat
- 18. substances that protect cells and the immune system from damage by harmful chemicals