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- 3. a mineral that is needed to make hemoglobin. Helps the blood do its job better. Blood takes oxygen and other nutrients around to all parts of the body. If you do not have enough ______, your blood gets weak and cannot work well.
- 7. The state of not having enough of a nutrient to maintain good health
- 11. The most important nutrient. 8 cups per day are needed to replace water loss by excretion, evaporation, and sweating.
- 12. helps food move through the body, also helps the body get rid of waste. Can prevent some kinds of cancer. Found mostly in whole wheat bran, fruits, and vegetables
- 13. A class of nutrients that are chemical elements, which are needed for enzyme activity, bone formation and other processes of the body.
- 16. Fat soluble vitamin that aids in blood clotting.
- 18. Fat soluble vitamin that contributes to healthy nails, hair and skin
- 19. Simple sugar that circulates in the blood. The most important sugar in the body because it provides energy to the body's cells. Your body changes carbohydrates into (vocab word).
- 21. Fat soluble vitamin needed for strong bones and teeth. The lack of this vitamin leads to blindness.
- 23. A condition that occurs when the body loses more water than has been taken in.
- 24. A mineral that controls the fluid levels in the body. Needed in small amounts. Another word for salt.
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- 1. Class of energy giving nutrients that include starches, fibers and sugars. Main source of energy. 4 Calories per gram.
- 2. the science of food and the ways in which the body uses the foods you eat
- 4. An illness in which a person has regular episodes of overeating (bingeing) and feels a loss of control. The person then uses different ways, such as vomiting or laxatives (purging), to prevent weight gain
- 5. substances in the food that provide energy and help form body tissues. Necessary for growth and life
- 6. an eating disorder that makes people lose more weight than is considered healthy for their age and height. Symptoms include an intense fear of gaining weight or becoming fat, while having a body image that is very distorted, be very focused on body weight or shape, and refuse to admit the danger of weight loss
- 8. Class of energy giving nutrients that are also the main form of energy storage in the body. 9 calories per gram
- 9. Molecules/nutrients that are the building blocks of proteins; essential amino acids are those that cannot be made by the body and must be obtained from food; nonessential amino acids can be made by the body.
- 10. A mineral that aids in cell reproductions and bone formation.
- 14. Fat soluble vitamin that is produced in the body when exposed to UV rays
- 15. Complex carbohydrate made in the body, stored in the liver and muscle of humans. Extra Glucose is stored as (vocab word). When body needs glucose, it will change (vocab word) back into glucose.
- 16. A class of nutrients that contain carbon and are needed in small amounts to maintain health and allow growth. Either dissolve in fat or water.
- 17. Class of nutrients made up of amino acids. They are needed to build and repair body structures, and to regulate processes in the body while growing. 4 calories per gram
- 20. Water soluble, energy giving vitamin that is also known as "Ascorbic Acid"
- 22. A condition in which there are not enough red blood cells or hemoglobin to carry oxygen around the body.