Across
- 2. Time it takes for your body to eliminate half of a substance
- 7. nutrients that the body needs in relatively large amounts for energy and functionality
- 8. tells us how fast a food will supply our blood with glucose
- 10. Carbohydrate that takes longer to digest
- 11. simple carbohydrates made up of two sugar molecules
- 12. amino acids that build and repair body tissue
Down
- 1. Process of breaking down food into smaller absorbable nutrients
- 3. unit of energy used to measure the energy content of food
- 4. Substance in food that provides energy
- 5. Movement of nutrients from the digestive tract into the bloodstream
- 6. Carbohydrate that digests quickly
- 7. simplest carbohydrate made up of only 1 sugar molecule
- 9. long chain of monosaccharides