Across
- 1. Helps maintain water balance and make protein; functioning of heart and nervous system.
- 4. Nutrients that occur naturally in rocks and soil.
- 6. Important in blood clotting and the functioning of the nervous system and is an essential ingredient in the formation and maintenance of the bones and teeth.
- 9. Minimum percentage of fat needed in daily food intake
- 10. Amount of calories in each gram of fat
- 11. Vitamins that help protect healthy cells from the damage caused by the normal aging process as well as from certain types of cancer.
- 12. Series of chemical reactions resulting in a release of energy
Down
- 2. Part of red blood cells; helps in energy metabolism
- 3. Dissolved substances that regulate many processes in your cells
- 5. Condition in which the red blood cells do not contain enough hemoglobin.
- 6. Source of energy for the body
- 7. Waxy, fatlike substance that is only found in animal products
- 8. Acids smaller substances in long chains of proteins
- 9. What is made when made when manufactures add hydrogen to the fat molecules in vegetable oils
- 13. Minimum percentage of proteins needed in your daily food intake