Nutrition

4. Guidelines for Americans A set of recommendations about smart eating and physical activity for all Americans
6. A high ratio of nutrients to calories
7. An interactive guide to healthful eating and active living
8. Are elements found in food that used by the body
9. The natural physical drive to eat, prompted by the body's need for food
12. Contamination The spreading of pathogens from one food to another
13. Are nutrients the body uses to build and maintain its cells and tissues
15. A unit of heat used to measure the energy your body uses and the energy it receives from food
16. The process by which your body takes in and uses food
17. allergy A condition in which the body's immune system reacts to substances in some foods
19. Are starches and sugars found in foods, which provide your body's main source of energy
20. A waxy, fat like substance in your blood

1. intolerance A negative reaction to food that doesn't involve the immune system
2. Are compounds found in food that help regulate many body processes
3. A condition in which the bones become fragile and break easily
5. the psychological desire for food
10. A substance in food that your body needs to grow, to repair itself, and to supply you with energy
11. illness Food poisoning
13. Treating a substance with heat to kill or slow the growth of pathogens
14. Additives Substance added to a food to produce a desire effect
18. A tough complex carbohydrate that the body cannot digest