Nutrition

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  1. 2. Necessary for healthy red blood cells
  2. 3. sugars linked together to form long chains. You can find them in potatoes and grains
  3. 5. Measures in units the amount of energy released when nutrients are broken down
  4. 10. sugars, you can find them in fruits naturally or added into cookies
  5. 11. helps prevent constipation, may reduce the risk of colon cancer, may prevent heart disease
  6. 13. The process which your body breaks down food to release energy
  7. 14. Vitamins that help protect healthy cells from the damage caused by the normal aging process as well as from certain types of cancer.
  8. 15. Maintain water balance in the body
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  1. 1. Nutrients that occur naturally in rocks and soil.
  2. 4. waxy, fatlike substance that is found only in animal products
  3. 6. when manufacturers add hydrogen to the fat molecules in vegetable oils
  4. 7. small chemically bonded links
  5. 8. A condition where the red blood cells do not contain enough hemoglobin
  6. 9. Ingredient in the formation of bones and teeth
  7. 12. grow and repair your body's tissues