Across
- 3. If the protein you eat doesn't have all the nine types of amino acids you need to get from food
- 5. the practice of not eating meat or fish, especially for moral, religious, or health reasons.
- 10. a blood protein produced in response to and counteracting a specific antigen.
- 12. amino acids that humans and other vertebrates cannot synthesize from metabolic intermediates
- 13. a solution that resists changes in pH when acid or alkali is added to it.
- 15. two incomplete sets of proteins that are consumed at the same time in order to fulfil the amino acid deficiency in the other meal
Down
- 1. When a food contains all nine of these amino acids
- 2. a common childhood disorder and is primarily caused by deficiency of energy, protein, and micronutrients
- 4. our bodies can produce the amino acid, even if we do not get it from the food we eat
- 6. molecules that combine to form proteins.
- 7. to transform its basic qualities in a significant way.
- 8. a disease caused by the lack of some essential or important element in the diet, usually a particular vitamin or mineral.
- 9. The body's balance between acidity and alkalinity
- 11. a form of malnutrition caused by protein deficiency in the diet, typically affecting young children in the tropics.
- 14. the difference between nitrogen intake and loss reflects gain or loss of total body protein
- 16. a seed, pod, or other edible part of a leguminous plant, used as food
- 17. severe undernourishment causing an infant's or child's weight to be significantly low for their age
- 18. A molecule made up of amino acids