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- 1. The first step of digestion
- 5. This macronutrient helps you maintain muscle mass
- 9. A fruit with seeds on the outer skin
- 11. Found in fermented foods, helps promote gut health
- 12. This food is often fortified with iron
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- 2. This micronutrient helps support red blood cell production and avoid anemia
- 3. Your brain's required energy source
- 4. The process of your body breaking down food and absorbing nutrients
- 6. Found in foods with fiber, gut bacteria feeds on this
- 7. This macronutrient helps keep you full and satisfied longer
- 8. A protein in wheat that people with celiac disease cannot tolerate
- 9. Also known as NaCl
- 10. This food is a great source of potassium