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Nutritional Biochemistry and Diet

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Trace element that shares fingers with transcription factors (4)
B-vitamin whose deficiency can lead to megaloblastic anemia (6)
Pancreatic serine endopeptidase cleaved from trypsinogen by enteropeptidase (7)
Terminal region of small intestine responsible for intrinsic factor-B12 uptake (5)
Vitamin B3 whose severe deficit causes pellagra (6)
Imbalanced state of nutrient deficiency, excess, or impaired utilization (12)
Type of acid supplemented periconceptionally to prevent neural tube defects (5)
Nonpolar macronutrient family stored in adipocytes (5)
Low-carb diet style forcing hepatic ketone synthesis (4)
Negatively charged metabolic ion, like bicarbonate or lactate (5)

Aspartic protease activated by gastric hydrochloric acid to degrade proteins (6)
Ferrous element whose absorption is boosted by ascorbic acid (4)
Acidic, semi-fluid mass of partly digested food leaving the stomach (5)
Vitamin B1 yielding a pyrophosphate cofactor for pyruvate dehydrogenase (8)
Digestive enzyme cleaving alpha-1,4 glucosidic bonds in dietary starches (7)
Vitamin B6 precursor forming a coenzyme for transaminases and decarboxylases (10)
Biochemical assembly transporting hydrophobic lipids through blood plasma (11)
Biologically active form of vitamin D synthesized by renal 1-alpha-hydroxylase (10)
Abnormal retention of lipid droplets within hepatocytes or parenchymal tissue (9)
Transporter family facilitating bidirectional hexose movement (4)