Healthy Eating Habits and Nutrition Facts

Posted on Mar 10, 2025 in English

Healthy Eating Habits and Nutrition

Complete the Sentences (Present Simple)

Complete the sentences. Put the verb into the correct form (Present Simple).

  • a) She eats (eat) a lot of vegetables and fruit every day.
  • b) They are a little overweight, so they are (be) on a diet.
  • c) My brother doesn’t drink (not drink) any alcohol. He only drinks (drink) water.
  • d) Natural food is (be) necessary to avoid weight-related illnesses.
  • e) Do you lead (lead) a healthy life?
  • f) Shirley leads a very unhealthy life. She always eats (eat) at fast food restaurants.
  • g) If you have eating problems, why don’t you go (not/go) to see a doctor?
  • h) A healthy diet helps (help) you sleep well.
  • i) Along with fat and protein, carbohydrate is (be) an essential nutrient.
  • j) Doctors recommend (recommend) eating 5 portions of fruits and vegetables every day.
  • k) Calcium, magnesium, sodium, zinc, and iodine are (be) mineral nutrients.

Junk Food Vocabulary

Match Words with Definitions

Match some of the words from the text with the definitions below.

  • a) Drinks, usually other than water → Carbonated Beverages
  • b) Made hot or warm in advance → Preheated
  • c) Sold for consumption away from the premises on which it is prepared → Take Out/Take Away
  • d) Great, as in rank or importance → Major
  • e) Chemical substances used to stop foods or other organic materials from decomposition or fermentation → Preservatives
  • f) A thing or a quantity eaten or drunk → Intake
  • g) Deeply appreciative of kindness or benefits received; thankful → Grateful

Natural: naturally        Comfortable: comfortably            Careful: carefully         Chronic: chronically

Unhealthy Food Vocabulary

  • a) The sensation of sweet, sour, salty, or bitter qualities produced by a substance placed in the mouth → Taste
  • b) Not fat → Be Thin
  • c) Fill yourself with food → Stuff Yourself With
  • d) Crispy, crumbly → Crunchy
  • e) Uncooked, unprocessed → Raw
  • f) conveniently available, accessible → Handy
  • g) Foods or drinks given by way of compliment → Snack
  • h) A unit of heat → Calories

True or False Statements

Say if the following statements are true or false according to the information provided in the text.

  • a) A way to avoid eating junk food is buying it only at supermarkets. → True
  • b) People who want to avoid eating junk food often use healthy snacks as a substitute for junk food. → True
  • c) It isn’t difficult to stuff yourself with junk food while watching TV if high-calorie junk food is handy. → True
  • d) Leading a stressful life will make you eat less, so it is a safe way to avoid junk food. → False

Fill in the Gaps (Pronouns and Possessive Adjectives)

Now fill in the gaps with an appropriate pronoun or possessive adjective:

  • a) Does she (she, he, hers) know that I (I, me, he) don’t like milk?
  • b) I remember that they (they, them) heard the recipe from us (we, us, our).
  • c) Please don’t tell her (she, her) about my (I, me, my) diet.
  • d) I met Sarah last night and she (she, her) invited us (we, us, ourselves) to dinner.
  • e) She lives alone, so she cooks for herself (she, her, herself) every day.
  • f) When the dog chased John, he (he, him, his) ran as fast as he (he, him, his) could.
  • g) He rewarded himself (his, himself, him) with an ice-cream.
  • h) We enjoyed our (we, us, our) meal on Sunday.
  • i) That monkey is scratching itself (it, itself).

Menu Options

Choose Your Meal

Fill the gaps with the words provided.

Non-caloric – oil – ale – seasonal – unsalted – chamomile – beef

Soup (Choose one)

  • Organic chicken noodle soup with vegetables.
  • Potato soup.
  • Protein to accompany the potato soup:
    • Grass-fed (a) beef meatballs.
    • Poached organic chicken.
    • Smoked tofu.

Salad (Choose one)

  • Chilled organic, local vegetables, tossed in olive (b) oil, vinegar, oregano, and a little garlic.
  • Local lettuces and greens, tossed with (c) seasonal vegetable garnishes, olive oil, vinegar, oregano, and a little garlic.

Organic Whole Grain Bread (Choose one)

  • (d) Unsalted butter.
  • Olive oil.

Dessert (Choose one)

  • Baked stuffed apple with yogurt sauce.
  • Seasonal local fruit.

Beverage (Choose one)

  • Lemonade / Green tea / (e) Chamomile tea / Milk.
  • Ginger (f) ale / Regular coffee / Decaf.

Condiments (Choose one)

  • Sugar / (g) Non-caloric sweetener / Cream / Lemon.

Dishes Around the World

  • Australia: Anzac Biscuit
  • Singapore: Bak Chang
  • Jamaica: Fufu in Sauce
  • USA: Hamburgers
  • UK: Yorkshire Pudding
  • Ireland: Calcannon (Mashed Potatoes with Kale or Cabbage)
  • India: Chicken Tikka Masala
  • Canada: Bacon with Maple Glaze
  • Cameroon: Ackee and Saltfish