Across
- 3. important to wound healing and your sense of taste and smell.
- 6. Thirst, headache, dry lips and mouth, dizziness and fainting
- 7. Builds bones and keeps them strong and healthy.
- 12. 45-65% of daily energy
- 13. consuming vitamin C will increase the absorption by 300%
- 15. helps our body absorb calcium
- 16. They are broken down into glucose, which is the body's main fuel, especially for our brain and muscles.
- 17. needed in large amounts to provide energy and maintain health
- 19. increases blood pressure because it holds excess fluid in the body, and that creates an added burden on the heart.
- 20. swollen belly filled with liquid collected below the skin, discoloured hair, slow growth, muscle wasting, diarrhea.
Down
- 1. They are materials found in foods that are essential for growth and health and do not contain the element carbon.
- 2. important for our digestive health and regular bowel movements.
- 4. essential elements required by organisms
- 5. Boost the immune system, and reduce blood acid.
- 8. Helps regulate muscle and nerve function
- 9. essential for survival
- 10. 10-30% of daily energy
- 11. controls your heartbeat and breathing
- 14. group of compounds
- 18. 25-35% of daily average