Nutritional Guidelines

3. Index A figure representing the relative ability of a carbohydrate food to increase the level of glucose in the blood.
5. Contained in all fruits and vegetables,keeps gums healthy.
7. Substance found in plants and cannot be completely broken down by the body.
10. A waxy, fat-like substance found in all cells, found mainly in animal products.
12. Affects the ability to learn and blocks fatigue.
13. A unit for energy in food, all foods we eat provide this.
15. People can only survive a few days without it, essential in the body.

1. Repairs muscles, tissue, bone, cells, hair and skin.
2. The second type of micronutrient in the body, found in dairy and green foods.
4. The sugars and starches that provide energy to all cells.
6. Required for metabolism and physiological processes in the body.
8. Made up of what you eat, can be healthy or unhealthy.
9. Most commonly known for repairing and growing bones and teeth
11. A quantity of food that is suitable for a single person.
14. A concentrated source of energy that is also known as "lipids".