Food and Nutrition Basics Crossword Puzzle

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QUESTIONS LIST: cholesterol: it is a fat-like substance that is present in all body cells and is needed for many essential body processes, proteins: these are the nutrients that help the body grow, maintain, and repair cells and tissues, fructose: sugar that occurs naturally in fruits, fat: provides heat and energy for the body, ldl: it takes cholesterol from the liver, to wherever it is needed in the body, soluble: this type of fiber increases the thickness of the stomach contents and has been shown to reduce levels of cholesterol in the blood, hdl: it picks up excess cholesterol and returns it to the lover, where it does not harm the body, lactose: sugar that occurs naturally in milk, carbohydrates: these are the main source and the most easily digested source of energy, maltose: sugar that occurs naturally in grains, insoluble: this type of fiber absorbs water like a sponge, hemoglobin: the substance in your red blood cells that carries oxygen to all parts of your body, plants: these are the main source of carbohydrates, simple: these carbohydrates are quickly broken down into a usable from by the body, sucrose: sugar that are extracted from plants and used to sweeten foods, complex: these are made up of large molecules of simple carbohydrates joined together, fiber: this comes from plant sources such as: vegetables, fruit, grain products and legumes, starches: as with naturally occurring sugars, these bring other nutrients with them, providing good food value, saturated: this type of fat increases ldl cholesterol and is also known as bad fats, trans: this type of fat found when vegetable oils are partially hydrogenated, non heme iron: this type of iron is found in plant sources, anemia: this is the condition that results when a person does not get enough iron, amino acids: proteins that are made up of chains chemical building blocks