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CEFR B1 Nutrition and Metabolism

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3. A nutrient found in meat, eggs, and beans that builds muscle and repairs the body
6. A nutrient like iron or calcium that the body needs in small amounts
8. To break down food into smaller nutrients the body can absorb
14. A liquid essential for life that helps transport nutrients in the body
15. The long tube where most nutrients are absorbed into the blood
17. Preposition: vitamins are found ___ many different foods
18. Adverb: a ___ balanced diet includes all nutrients
19. A unit used to measure the energy value of food
20. A simple sugar that cells use for energy, carried in the blood
21. Happening every day, like the ___ need for vitamins
23. Good for your body, like a diet with lots of vegetables
26. Preposition: nutrients pass ___ the intestine wall into the blood
27. Present participle of feed: ___ the body with healthy food supports metabolism
28. Having a taste like sugar, often found in fruit and desserts
29. Preposition: metabolism happens ___ digestion

⬇ Down 15 Words

1. A protein that speeds up chemical reactions in digestion and metabolism
2. Preposition: ___ a healthy diet helps your metabolism
4. Not fast, used to describe digestion that takes a long time
5. Adverb: sugar was ___ used as a medicine
7. Adverb: metabolism is ___ the process of turning food into energy
9. A hormone that helps move sugar from the blood into cells
10. Past tense of balance: she ___ her meals with vegetables and protein
11. The organ where food is mixed with acid and broken down
12. A sweet substance found in fruit and sweets that gives quick energy
13. An essential nutrient like C or D that the body needs in small amounts to stay healthy
16. A chemical messenger like insulin that controls metabolism
19. Past tense of convert: food is ___ into energy in the cells
22. To take in nutrients through the walls of the intestines
24. Conjunction: ___ sugar gives quick energy, too much is not healthy
25. Present participle of chew: ___ food well helps digestion

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