Nutrition Vocabulary

2. The Body's chief source of energy
3. A severe Thiamin deficiency can cause this.
4. lipids used as an energy source
5. Sugar carried in your bloodstream
7. Complex carbohydrates from plants
8. Inorganic substances that are in bones, soft tissues, and body fluids.
11. The chemical processes that take place in cells after the body absorbs nutrients
13. The study of how your body uses the food you eat
14. A mucus and enzyme containing liquid secreted by the mouth.

1. waves of contractions through the digestive tract
2. A fat like substance found in body cells
6. The bodily process of breaking food down into simpler compounds the body can use.
9. The process of taking in nutrients and making them part of the body
10. Made up of amino acids
12. complex organic substances needed in small amounts