2.01 Key Terms - Food and Nutrition 2

Word Bank
Glucose, High-density lipoprotein, Incomplete protein, Nonessential amino acids, Phytochemicals, Protein, Refined sugar, Simple carbohydrate, Supplement, Vitamin, amino acids, antioxidant, carbohydrates, cholesterol, complete protein, complex carbohydrate, dietary fiber, enriched food, fat-soluble vitamins, functional fiber, insulin, lipid, low-density lipoprotein, minerals

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Across

4. a protein that contains all the indispensable amino acid (2 Words)

7. a monosaccharide that circulates in the bloodstream and serves as the body main source of energy

10. A group of compounds that includes triglycerides, phospholipids, and sterols

12. a polysaccharide (examples are starch and fiber) (2 Words)

16. The amino acids the body can make for itself (dispensable amino acids) (3 Words)

18. An inorganic element needed in small amounts as a nutrient to perform various functions in the body.

19. A protein that is missing or short in one or more of the indispensable amino acids (2 Words)

20. An organic compound needed in tiny amounts as a nutrient to regulate body processes

21. An energy-yielding nutrient composed of carbon, hydrogen, oxygen, and nitrogen

22. one of the building blocks of protein molecules (2 Words)

23. a white, waxy liquid made by the body that is part of every cell. Also found in food of animal origin.

24. the non-digestible carbohydrate lignins that moves up the tough, fibrous cell wall of plants (2 Words)

Down

1. A concentrated source of a nutrient, usually in pill, liquid, or powder form

2. a lipoprotein that picks up cholesterol form around the body and transfer it to other lipoprotein for transport back to the liver for removal from the body (2 Words)

3. Health-enhancing non-nutrient compounds in plant foods that are active in the body at the cellular level

5. a food that has had vitamins and minerals added back that were lost in the refining process (2 Words)

6. A hormone secreted by the pancreas to reglate blood glucose level

8. a lipoprotein that carries cholesterol made by the liver through the bloodstream to body cell (2 Words)

9. one of the six classes of nutrients

11. a vitamin (specifically vitamin A, D, E, or K) that dissolves in fat (2 Words)

13. A monosaccharide or disaccharide (2 Words)

14. the isolated, non-digestible carbohydrates that have beneficial effects in human health (2 Words)

15. a substance that reacts with free radicals to protect other substances from harmful effects of the free radicals

17. A carbohydrate sweetener that is separated from its natural source for use as a food additive (2 Words)

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