Nutrition

4. Organic, living compounds essential to life. Needed in small amounts in order to help regulate body processes.
7. Substances used to build new cells and tissues and repair injured ones, provide energy, and are needed for growth and fighting disease.
9. Carries nutrients through the body, regulates body temperature, helps break down food, helps absorb nutrients, and performs life-supporting functions.
10. Serves a the body’s main energy source.
12. Provide energy, transport vitamins, maintain body temperature, and gives food flavor and texture
14. A special type of carbohydrate that only comes from plant sources
16. Fat substance in the body that comes from animal sources.
17. Soluble, Type of vitamins that dissolve in water. Excess amounts are not stored, but excreted in urine.
18. Type of carbohydrates that are quickly digested.

1. A substance that performs a job in your body and helps regulate body processes.
2. The study of nutrients and how the body uses them.
3. Fats, Type of fat that can lower the cholesterol level in blood, comes from Vegetable oils, olive oil, nuts and avocado.
5. Soluble, Type of vitamins that dissolve in fat. Your body stores excess amounts in body fat and liver. Too much excess can be harmful!
6. Inorganic (non-living) elements found in all body cells. Used to regulate body processes and helps with the formation of cells, fluids, muscles, teeth and bones. Contribute to growth.
8. Fats, Types of fat that come from oils that are processed to be firm through hydrogenation. Present in a variety of processed foods in order to extend shelf life These fats are BAD and cause plaque build up in the heart!
11. Type of fat that can raise cholesterol level in blood, comes form animal sources and tropical oils like coconut oil, butter, and meat. (Moderate amounts are ok).
13. Acids, Building blocks of protein.
15. Type of carbohydrates that give you long term energy.