Nutrition Vocabulary

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  1. 4. A protein found in wheat. Does not contain essential nutrients
  2. 7. Are organic compounds that are present in varying amounts in natural foods. They act as regulators or catalysts in the body's processes
  3. 9. Fulfill a variety of metabolic functions such as building, activating, regulating, transmitting, and controlling
  4. 10. Organ that produces insulin
  5. 14. Solid at room temperature
  6. 15. Table sugar; disaccharide
  7. 17. A chemical process that changes food to energy
  8. 18. a substance that provides nourishment essential for growth and the maintenance of life
  9. 19. Minerals that contain an electric charge. They help your body regulate chemical reactions, maintain the balance between fluids inside and outside your cells, and more
  10. 21. (The good cholesterol) carries LDL to liver and out the body
  11. 22. The inability to produce insulin which leaves glucose in the bloodstream
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  1. 1. More fat than protein. The bad cholesterol
  2. 2. The body’s main source of energy. Comes in the form of sugar, starch, or fibe
  3. 3. Lacks one or more of the essential amino acids
  4. 5. A highly concentrated source of energy in the body. Essential fatty acids the body cannot make itself
  5. 6. Liquid at room temperature
  6. 8. The building blocks of protein. Must be obtained from foods because our bodies can't produce these
  7. 11. This is fruit sugar and honey, which is the sweetest of the simple sugars
  8. 12. Hormone created by the pancreas that controls the amount of glucose in the bloodstream
  9. 13. Build tissues and repair body cells
  10. 16. Contain all the essential amino acids in both quantity and correct proportion required to promote normal growth
  11. 20. A unit of heat used to measure the energy value of food.