Across
- 4. relatively low in saturated fat
- 5. the role of a nutrient or dietary ingredient intended to affect the normal structure or function of the human body
- 7. you can get this from meat and its essential
- 8. the study of nutrition as a science that combines physiology, medicine, microbiology, pharmacology, chemistry, and biology to investigate health, food, nutrition, illness, and pharmacological therapy.
- 11. a plan that promotes results such as fast weight loss without robust scientific evidence to support its claims
- 14. this is when you have too much blood sugar
- 15. A measure of the increase in the level of blood glucose (a type of sugar) caused by eating a specific carbohydrate (food that contains sugar) compared with eating a standard amount of glucose
Down
- 1. your body’s energy source from fruits and sugars
- 2. the main substance found in plant cell walls and helps the plant to remain stiff and strong
- 3. a cluster of conditions that occur together, increasing your risk of heart disease, stroke and type 2 diabetes
- 6. a type of fat containing a high proportion of fatty acid molecules with at least one double bond, considered to be healthier in the diet than saturated fat
- 9. a naturally occurring hormone your pancreas makes that's essential for allowing your body to use sugar (glucose) for energy
- 10. molecules that combine to form proteins
- 12. good for you but too much will make you ugly and heavy
- 13. a type of fat containing a high proportion of fatty acid molecules without double bonds, considered to be less healthy in the diet than unsaturated fat