Across
- 2. starches and sugars found in foods, which provide your body's main source of energy
- 3. substances in your food that your body needs to grow, to repair itself, and to supply you with energy
- 7. substances added to a food to produce a desired effect
- 8. spreading of pathogens from one food to another
- 9. a tough complex carbohydrate that your body cannot digest
- 11. a negative reaction to food that doesn't involve the immune system
- 13. Guidelines of Americans set of recommendations about smart eating and physical activity for all Americans
- 14. nutrients the body uses to build and maintain its calls and tissues
- 15. an interactive guide to healthful eating and active living
Down
- 1. high ratio of nutrients to calories
- 4. waxy, fat like substance in your blood
- 5. compounds found in food that helps regulate many body processes
- 6. the process by which your body takes in and uses food
- 10. condition in which the body's immune system reacts to substances in some foods.
- 12. unit of heat used to measure the energy your body uses and the energy it receives from food