nutrition sci

2. a type of food that comes from a specific type of plant that is also called a legume
4. a naturally occurring, extremely complex substance that consists of amino acid residue joined by peptide bonds
5. disease a condition produced by dietary or metabolic deficiency
8. a solution that can resist pH change upon the addition of an acidic or basic components
10. if the protein you eat doesn't have all the nine types of amino acids you need to get from food
13. amino acids that humans and other vertebrates cannot synthesize from metabolic intermediates
14. our bodies can produce the amino acid, even if we do not get it from the food we eat
15. two incomplete sets of protein that are consumed at the same time in order to fulfill the amino acid deficiency in the other meal
16. proteins that protect you when an unwanted substance enters your body

1. molecules that combine to form proteins
3. a common childhood disorder and is primarily caused by deficiency of energy, protein, and micro nutrients
5. the unfolding or breaking up of a protein modifying its standard three-dimensional structure
6. The body's balance between acidity and alkalinity
7. the practice of not eating meat for moral, religious, or health reasons
9. the difference between nitrogen intake and loss reflects gain or loss of total body protein
11. severe malnutrition
12. a disease marked by severe protein malnutrition and bilateral extremity swelling