Nutrition Crossword
This printable crossword puzzle on the topic of Nutrition & Food Safety has 13 clues. Answers range from 5 to 28 letters long. This crossword is also available to download as a Microsoft Word document or a PDF.
Description
1)Substances in food that your body needs to function properly to grow, repair itself, and to supply you with energy
2) A natural drive that protects you from starvation
3) A desire, rather than a need, to eat
4) The process by which the body takes in and uses food
5) The starches and sugars found in foods
6) Nutrients that help build and maintain body tissues
7) Substances that make up body proteins
8) Fatty Substance that does not dissolve in water
9) An essential fatty acid not made in the body but which is essential for growth and healthy skin
10) A fatlike substance produced in the liver of all animals and, therefore, found only in foods of animal origin
11) Compounds that help regulate many vital body processes including the digestion, absorption, and metabolism of other nutrients
12) Inorganic substances that the body cannot manufacture but that act as catalysts, regulating many vital body processes
13) The amounts of nutrients that will prevent deficiencies and excesses in most healthy people
