Nutrition Crossword

5. the process of maintaining a steady state inside your body
7. a dissolved substance that regulates many processes in your cells
8. one of the six classes of nutrients
11. a vitamin that helps protect healthy cells from the damage caused by the normal aging process of the most powerful antioxidants
12. a condition in which the red blood cells do not contain enough hemoglobin
13. a nutrient that is used by the body for energy
14. nutrients that occur naturally in rocks and soil
15. the process when your body uses the nutrients in foods and series of chemical reactions occur inside your cells. As a result, energy is released

1. carbs that are made up of sugars that are linked chemically to form long chains
2. made when manufactures add hydrogen to the fat molecules in vegetable oils
3. a unit that measures the amount of energy released when nutrients are broken down
4. proteins that have long chains of smaller links that are bound together chemically
6. a fat that has all the hydrogen and carbon atoms it can hold
9. a waxy, fatlike substance that is found only in animal products
10. are a type of vitamins that can be stored in the body to be used later