Across
- 2. A substance added to food to improve its taste, texture, or appearance
- 5. Treating a substance with heat to kill or slow the growth of pathogens (germs)
- 10. An addiction to food
- 12. Starches, sources are grain, bread, pasta, beans, and root vegetables
- 14. A measurement of the energy content of food
- 15. Essential for most body functions
- 16. Too many calories for the calories that are expended
- 17. A condition in which the body's immune system reacts to substances in some foods
- 18. Main source of energy
- 19. A negative reaction to food that does not involve the immune system
- 20. Should be limited but they perform vital functions
Down
- 1. Elements found in food that are used by the body
- 3. A waxy, fat like substance
- 4. A Tough complex carbohydrate that the body cannot digest
- 6. Compounds found in food that help regulate many body processes
- 7. Self-starvation due to an intense fear of gaining weight
- 8. Sugars, sources are fructose and lactose
- 9. A low self-image which causes a person to binge and purge
- 11. Nutrients the body uses to build and maintain its cells and tissues
- 13. A disease caused by bacteria or viruses in food