Across
- 5. - Adding greatly-needed nutrients to foods that might not have had them in the first place
- 7. - a collection of foods that share similar nutritional properties or biological classifications.
- 13. - Sugars that are absorbed quickly
- 14. - Type of fat that is part of all animal cells. It is essential for many of the body's metabolic processes, including the production of hormones, bile and vitamin D
- 15. - the chemical reactions in the body's cells that change food into energy
- 18. - Help regulate the many chemical processes in the body
- 20. - A measurement of the energy content of food
- 21. - a type of carbohydrate that the body can't digest.
Down
- 1. - Fats that are liquid at room temperature
- 2. - sugars and syrups put in foods during preparation or processing or at the table.
- 3. - those elements on the earth and in foods that our bodies need to develop and function normally
- 4. - A mineral needed by the body to keep body fluids in balance.
- 6. - one that is high in calories, yet lacks all other nutrients.
- 8. - Starches that are absorbed more slowly
- 9. - Adding the original nutrients back into processed foods
- 10. - The substances found in food that keep your body functioning
- 11. - a nutrient required for normal body function that either cannot be made by the body or cannot be made in amounts adequate for good health and therefore must be provided by the diet.
- 12. - Made up of chemical compounds called Amino acids
- 16. - Fats formed from a process called hydrogenation which causes unsaturated fats to harden
- 17. - H2O
- 19. Plate - Current nutrition guide published by the USDA's Center for Nutrition Policy and Promotion
