Across
- 2. Used to help grow and repair your body's tissues
- 3. Waxy, fat like substance found only in animal products
- 5. Vitamins that can be stored in the body to be used later
- 6. Long chains of smaller links that are bound together chemically
- 7. The use of nutrients in foods creating a series of chemical reactions inside cells which releases energy
- 10. A unit that measures the amount of energy released when nutrients are broken down
- 11. Vitamins that help protect healthy cells from the damage caused by the normal aging process/certain cancers
- 12. Process of maintaining a steady state inside your body
- 14. Nutrients that occur naturally in rocks and soil
- 15. Nine out of the twenty amino acids your body cannot manufacture itself
Down
- 1. Supplies energy for your body's functions
- 4. A condition which the red blood cells do not contain enough hemoglobin
- 8. Vegetable oils that have hydrogen added to the fat molecules (bad for you)
- 9. Dissolved substances that regulate many processes in your cells
- 13. Supply your body with energy, form cells, maintain body temperature, and protect your nerves