Across
- 2. proteins containing all 9 essential amino acids
- 4. supplies body with energy, form cells, maintain body temperature, and protect nerves
- 6. liquid fats with unsaturated bonds (healthier)
- 7. essential to digestive system health and helps prevent colon cancer
- 8. vitamins that help protect healthy cells from the damage caused by the normal aging process as well as from certain types of cancer
- 12. the amount of energy released when nutrients are broken down
- 13. The chemical process by which your body breaks down food to release energy
- 14. when red blood cells don't contain enough hemoglobin (carries oxygen around the body)
- 15. solid fats with saturated bonds (less healthy)
Down
- 1. proteins that lack 1 or more essential amino acids
- 3. helps grow and repair bodily tissues
- 5. supplies energy for your body's functions
- 9. digested, then reassembled in the body into proteins humans require
- 10. nutrients that occur naturally in rocks and soil
- 11. a fat waxy substance that lines the walls of arteries if overconsumed. Repairs cell walls and creates hormones