Across
- 4. creates cell walls, certain hormones, and vitamin d
- 5. a condition in which the body's immune system reacts to substances in some foods
- 8. a unit of heat used to measure the energy your body uses/the energy received from food
- 11. sugars which are the main source of fuel for your body
- 14. two types are water-soluble and fat-soluble which have various roles in the body
- 15. substances in food that your body NEEDS to grow, repair itself, and supply it with energy
- 16. starches, long chains of sugars that are linked together
- 17. important to your health but your body cannot produce them
- 18. substances added to a food to produce a desired effect
Down
- 1. a negative/dangerous reaction to foods that doesn't involve the immune system
- 2. the process of treating a substance with heat to kill/slow the growth of pathogens
- 3. the basic building material of your body's cells which help you grow and maintain muscle
- 6. the spreading of pathogens from one food to another
- 7. moves waste through the digestive system
- 9. the increased desire for food through your senses
- 10. bacteria and viruses that cause food poisoning
- 12. the way your body signals that it needs fuel
- 13. the process by which your body takes and uses food
