Across
- 6. Helps maintain normal levels of fluid inside our cells
- 8. Where energy is stored
- 9. They help protect healthy cells from the damage caused by the normal aging process as well as from certain types of cancer
- 10. A waxy, fat like substance made in the liver
- 11. A mineral that is needed in significant amounts
- 13. A class of nutrients that we should be drinking every day
- 14. Conduct nerve impulses
- 15. Carries oxygen from lungs to all parts of the body
Down
- 1. Helps muscles contract
- 2. A symptom on dehydration
- 3. A condition in which the red blood cells do not contain enough hemoglobin
- 4. Unit for the amount of energy releases when nutrients are broken down
- 5. One of the classes of nutrients
- 7. The chemical process by which the body breaks down food to release energy
- 12. A source of energy