nutrition

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Across
  1. 3. green vegatables, such as peas, beans, lentils, clover, soybean, and peanuts
  2. 5. a desire, rather than a need, to eat
  3. 6. nutrients that help build and maintain body cells and tissue. amino acids make up the bodies proteins
  4. 8. compounds that help regulate many vital body processes, includingthe digestion, absorption and metabolism or other nutrients. vitamins are classified as either water or fat soluble
  5. 9. starches and sugars present in foods. they are made up of carbon, oxygen and hydrogen....carbohydrates are preferred source of energy for the body. 55%-60% of your daily intake
  6. 11. substances that the body cannot manufacture but that are needed for forming healthy bones and teeth and for regulating many vital body functions
  7. 12. substances in food that your body needs to grow, to repair itself, and to supply you with energy
Down
  1. 1. fatty substance that does not dissolve in water
  2. 2. units of heat that measure the energy used by the body and the energy that food supply to the body
  3. 4. indigestible complex carbohydrate. recommened amount is 20 to 35 grams per day
  4. 5. a specific reaction of the immune system to a foreign and frequently harmful substance
  5. 7. the process by which the body takes in food and uses it
  6. 10. natural physical drive that protects you from starvation