Across
- 3. Nutrient needed to build cells and tissue
- 5. Vitamins that are fat soluble
- 7. Proteins containing all the essential amino acids
- 8. Substances your body needs to grow, to repair itself and to supply you with energy
- 11. Are sugars and should be carefully restricted by diabetics due to the spike it can cause in blood sugar
- 13. Proteins that are missing one or more of the essential amino acids
- 15. Provide the most calories per gram of all nutrients
- 16. A form of complex carbohydrates from plants that humans cannot digest
Down
- 1. Take longer for the body to break down, keeping blood sugars level constant
- 2. Should be carefully restricted by people with hypertension
- 4. Are sugars and starches in foods
- 6. Are needed for health bones and teeth
- 9. The process of taking food in and using it for energy and growth
- 10. Compounds that help regulate many vital body processes
- 12. This vitamin helps prevent birth defects
- 13. Helps make blood red cells and carries oxygen in the blood
- 14. Are made when hydrogen is added to vegetable oils