Nutrition vocab

2. an energy deficit due to deficiency of all macro nutrients, but primarily protein.
5. doesn't have all the nine types of amino acids
7. The body's balance between acidity and alkalinity
9. involves the breaking of many of the weak linkages, or bonds within a protein
10. a severe form of malnutrition — specifically, protein-energy under nutrition.
15. molecules used by all living things to make proteins
17. nitrogen intake equals nitrogen output
18. two incomplete sets of proteins that are consumed at the same time in order to fulfill the amino acid deficiency in the other meal.
19. a disease caused by the lack of some essential or important element in the diet

1. not synthesized by mammals
3. alanine, arginine, asparagine, aspartic acid, cysteine, glutamic acid, glutamine, glycine, proline, serine, and tyrosine
4. the practice of abstaining from the consumption of meat.
6. a disease marked by severe protein malnutrition and bilateral extremity swelling.
8. a plant in the family Fabaceae, or the fruit or seed of such a plant.
11. proteins that protect you when an unwanted substance enters your body
12. lack of proper nutrition
13. has all the 9 types of amino acids you need to get from food
14. building blocks for bones, muscles, cartilage, skin, and blood.
16. maintaining a constant acidity in the product.