Across
- 4. takes cholesterol from the liver to wherever it is needed in the body
- 6. the warehouses for fat
- 8. 3 fatty acids/linolenic acid
- 10. the chemical process that makes carbohydrates
- 11. a fat-like substance present in all body cells
- 15. the amino acids that your body needs but cannot provide
- 17. picks up excess cholesterol and takes it back to the liver for excretion
- 18. a type of lipid commonly called fats
- 20. chemical "packages" that transport fatty acids through the bloodstream
- 22. when a fatty acid contains all the hydrogen it can chemically hold
- 23. a protein with a globular shape, transports oxygen in the blood to all the cells in your body
- 25. the building blocks of proteins which link together in many different arrangements
Down
- 1. two monosacharrides combined chemically
- 2. protein foods that contain all the essential amino acids
- 3. function like saturated fats in the body
- 5. sugars that are extracted from plants and used to sweeten foods
- 7. sugars that are in single units
- 9. if only one hydrogen is missing
- 12. your main source of energy
- 13. consists of plant materials that can't be digested by human enzymes
- 14. the green pigment that must be in the plant for photosynthesis to occur
- 16. used by food producers to sweeten many foods, while adding few or no calories
- 19. built when plants combine single glucose units into polysaccharides
- 21. turns vegetable oils into solids
- 24. built by the chemical elements needed