Nutrition-Terms to Know

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Across
  1. 3. something that completes or enhances something else when added to it.
  2. 6. are one of the major groups of nutrients your body needs. They include vitamins and minerals.
  3. 7. a type of sugar you get from foods you eat, and your body uses it for energy.
  4. 8. s a waxy type of fat, or lipid, which moves throughout your body in your blood.
  5. 9. is a metabolic disease that causes high blood sugar.
  6. 12. any of a group of organic compounds which are essential for normal growth and nutrition and are required in small quantities in the diet because they cannot be synthesized by the body.
  7. 14. are nutrients that give you energy.
  8. 16. are foods produced from organisms that have had changes introduced into their DNA using the methods of genetic engineering.
  9. 18. is food produced by methods complying with the standards of organic farming.
Down
  1. 1. are the sugars, starches and fibers found in fruits, grains, vegetables and milk products.
  2. 2. is a chronic digestive disorder resulting from an immune reaction to gliadin, a gluten protein found in wheat, barley, rye, and sometimes oats.
  3. 4. Carbohydrates, fat and protein are called macronutrients. They are the nutrients you use in the largest amounts
  4. 5. are those elements on the earth and in foods that our bodies need to develop and function normally.
  5. 10. is the type of bacteria that's the most frequently reported cause of food-related illness in the United States.
  6. 11. is a term that is used to describe all chemical reactions involved in maintaining the living state of the cells and the organism.
  7. 13. is a mineral that is necessary for life.
  8. 15. is a condition in which you lack enough healthy red blood cells to carry adequate oxygen to your body's tissues.
  9. 16. is a system of assigning a number to carbohydrate-containing foods according to how much each food increases blood sugar.
  10. 17. are macromolecules formed by aminoacids are organic compounds that combine to form proteins.
  11. 19. any of a large class of organic compounds with a characteristic molecular structure containing four rings of carbon atoms