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  1. 3. take longer for your body to break down
  2. 4. should be carefully restricted by people with hypertension
  3. 7. this vitamin helps prevent birth defects
  4. 9. nutrient needed to build cells and tissues
  5. 10. vitamins that are fat soluble
  6. 11. proteins containing all the essential amino acids
  7. 13. made when hydrogen is added to vegetable oils
  8. 15. are needed for healthy bones and teeth
  9. 16. substances in food that your body needs to grow, repair itself, and to supply you with energy
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  1. 1. are sugars and starches in food
  2. 2. the process of taking in food and using it for energy and growth
  3. 5. proteins that are missing one or more of the essential amino acids
  4. 6. sugars that should be carefully restricted by diabetics
  5. 7. form of complex carbs from plants that people can't digest
  6. 8. helps make red blood cells and carries oxygen in the blood
  7. 12. compounds that help regulate many vital body processes
  8. 14. provide most calories per gram of all the nutrients