Across
- 3. green vegatables, such as peas, beans, lentils, clover, soybean, and peanuts
- 5. a desire, rather than a need, to eat
- 6. nutrients that help build and maintain body cells and tissue. amino acids make up the bodies proteins
- 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
- 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
- 11. substances that the body cannot manufacture but that are needed for forming healthy bones and teeth and for regulating many vital body functions
- 12. substances in food that your body needs to grow, to repair itself, and to supply you with energy
Down
- 1. fatty substance that does not dissolve in water
- 2. units of heat that measure the energy used by the body and the energy that food supply to the body
- 4. indigestible complex carbohydrate. recommened amount is 20 to 35 grams per day
- 5. a specific reaction of the immune system to a foreign and frequently harmful substance
- 7. the process by which the body takes in food and uses it
- 10. natural physical drive that protects you from starvation