Across
- 3. an energy-yielding macronutrient
- 8. building blocks of proteins & molecules
- 12. your body is not able to make the remaining 9 amino acids
- 15. plants furnish these
- 16. heat, acids, bases, alcohol, agitation, & oxidation cause this
- 17. a condition caused by lack of calories and protein in a person's eating pattern
- 18. plants that have special ability to capture nitrogen from the air and transfer it to protein rich seeds
Down
- 1. incomplete proteins that can be combined to provide essential amino acids
- 2. proteins that defend the body against infection & disease
- 4. animal foods
- 5. a protein deficiency disease
- 6. the 11 amino acids your body can make
- 7. refers to the maintenance of stable levels of acids and bases in body fluid
- 9. practice of eating plant foods
- 10. a wasting disease caused by lack of calories and protein
- 11. a comparison of the nitrogen a person consumes with the nitrogen they excrete
- 13. a sickness caused by the lack of essential nutrients
- 14. compound that can counteract an excess of acid or base in a fluid