Nutrition Vocab

3. The substances in food that your body needs to functio
4. compounds that help regulate many vital body processes, including the digestion, absorption, and metabolism of other nutrients
7. Simple sugar that circulates in the blood. The most important sugar in the body because it provides energy to the body's cells
8. starches and sugars found in foods, primary source of fuel for our bodies
11. A condition that occurs when the body loses more water than has been taken in.
12. Fat soluble vitamin that is produced in the body when exposed to UV rays
13. A mineral that aids in cell reproductions and bone formation.
18. Complex carbohydrate made in the body, stored in the liver and muscle of humans.
19. Food & Drug Administration
21. Most nutrients your body needs must be dissolved in __________.
22. Fat soluble vitamin needed for strong bones and teeth. The lack of this vitamin leads to blindness.
23. 5.5 oz, nutrients that help build and maintain body tissues
25. Sugar that is naturally found in fruit and honey. It's also added to sweeten drinks
27. A pattern of eating that includes what a person eats, how much a person eats, and how often a person eats.
29. Found in all human and animal tissue; the body makes it itself. Also needed to make Vitamin D and bile, a substance that aids in fat digestion.

1. A condition in which there are not enough red blood cells or hemoglobin to carry oxygen around the body.
2. The process of converting energy from the food you eat into usable energy.
4. Water soluble, energy giving vitamin that is also known as "Ascorbic Acid"
5. The amount of energy your body gets from a food.
6. Brings cholesterol to the body's cells, which contributes to a build of up plaque on the walls of blood vessels.
9. Recommended Daily Allowance (2000 calories per day)
10. Fat soluble vitamin that aids in blood clotting.
12. Fat soluble vitamin that contributes to healthy nails, hair and skin
14. a mineral that is needed to make hemoglobin.
15. elements of the earth needed in the diet, which perform many functions in body tissues
16. The way you feel about and see your body
17. cholesterol back to the liver. Also considered a "good cholesterol" because it lowers your risk of Heart Disease
20. a class of nutrients that does not mix with water. Fat is made mostly of fatty acids, which provide energy to the body.
24. A sugar refined from sugar cane that is known as table sugar.
26. Sugar made by animals. Also known as "milk sugar"
28. A mineral that controls the fluid levels in the body. Needed in small amounts