Healthy Living: Diet, Nutrition, and Lifestyle Tips
Healthy Eating and Lifestyle
She eats a lot of vegetables and fruit every day. They are a little overweight, so they are on a diet. My brother doesn’t drink any alcohol; he only drinks water. Natural food is necessary to avoid weight-related illnesses. Do you lead a healthy life? Shirley leads a very unhealthy life; she always eats at fast food restaurants. If you have eating problems, why don’t you go to see a doctor? A healthy diet helps you sleep well. Along with fat and protein, carbohydrate is an essential nutrient. Doctors recommend eating 5 portions of fruit and vegetables every day. Calcium, magnesium, sodium, zinc, and iodine are mineral nutrients.
Food and Drink Vocabulary
Drinks, usually other than water: carbonated beverages. Made hot or warm in advance: preheated. Sold for consumption away from the premises on which it is prepared: take-out/take-away. Great, as in rank or importance: major. Chemical substances used to stop foods or other organic materials from decomposition or fermentation: preservatives. A thing or a quantity eaten or drunk: intake. Deeply appreciative of kindness or benefits received; thankful: grateful.
Understanding Junk Food and Healthy Choices
What does junk food often contain? High levels of calories from sugar or fat with little protein, vitamins, or minerals. How do restaurants or stores often serve junk food to customers? In packaged form for take-out. How many calories does a burger in a fast food restaurant contain? Up to 1,000 calories. What should people do if they want to have their favorite fast food sometimes? Drink a lot of water and exercise regularly. What advantages do people who eat plenty of fruit and vegetables have over people who don’t? Lower risk for heart diseases and some cancers.
Natural: naturally. Careful: carefully. Comfortable: comfortably. Chronic: chronically.
Describing Food and Eating Habits
The sensation of sweet, sour, salty, or bitter qualities produced by a substance placed in the mouth: taste. Not fat: thin. Fill yourself with food: stuff. Crispy, crumbly: crunchy. Uncooked, unprocessed: raw. Conveniently available, accessible: handy. Foods or drinks given by way of compliment: snack. A unit of heat: calories.
- A way to avoid eating junk food is buying it only at supermarkets: TRUE.
- People who try to avoid eating junk food often use healthy snacks as a substitute for junk food: TRUE.
- It isn’t difficult to stuff yourself with junk food while watching the telly if high-calorie junk food is handy: TRUE.
- Leading a stressful life will make you eat, so it is a safe way to avoid junk food: FALSE.
Pronouns and Healthy Meal Ideas
Does she know that I don’t like milk? I remember that they heard the recipe from us. Please don’t tell her about my diet. I met Sarah last night, and she invited us to dinner. She lives alone, so she cooks for herself every day. When the dog chased John, he ran as fast as he could. He rewarded himself with an ice cream. We enjoyed our meal on Sunday. That monkey is scratching itself.
Organic chicken noodle soup with vegetables. Grass-fed beef meatballs. Chilled organic local vegetables, tossed in olive oil, vinegar, oregano, and a little garlic. Seasonal vegetable garnishes, olive oil, vinegar, oregano, and a little garlic. Unsalted butter. Olive oil. Lemonade/green tea/chamomile tea/milk, Ginger ale/regular coffee decaf. Sugar/non-calorie sweetener/cream/lemon.
International Cuisine
Australia: Anzac biscuit. Singapore: Bak chang. Jamaica: Fufu in sauce. USA: Hamburgers. UK: Yorkshire pudding. Ireland: Colcannon (mashed potatoes with…). India: Chicken tikka masala. Canada: Bacon with maple glaze. Cameroon: Ackee and saltfish.
Present Tense and Healthy Habits
I hate spicy food, so I never eat Mexican food. Maria cleans her house every day. I can’t come to the party now because I’m cleaning my house. Do you like classical music? I don’t usually study languages, but this year I’m learning German. Listen! The baby is crying. His friend spends a week in England. Mark is still ill; however, he is getting better. He never works on Saturdays, but I’m sure he is working next Sunday. They go to the cinema once a week. The patient in Room 4 isn’t getting along. Maybe we should check with the doctor.
Mental Health Vocabulary
Severe disorder in the behavioral tendencies of somebody, leading to paranoia, etc.: personality disorder. A condition that interferes with sleep: sleep disturbance. People who usually take drugs feel this when they don’t have any drug to take: cold turkey. A very sleepy state: drowsiness. Persisting low mood and no self-esteem: depression. Mental disorder characterized by significantly subaverage general intellectual functioning: intellectual disability. Perception of something that does not exist; hallucination: delusion.
Mental Health and Lifestyle
Taking exciting drugs or even too much coffee before going to sleep can lead to sleep disturbance. Divorced people who feel low may suffer from depression. Some drugs like LSD may lead to very dangerous delusions, and people may think that they can fly. Down syndrome can be included within the category of intellectual disability. The abuse of drugs for a long time may lead to severe addiction.
Present Continuous Tense
The Prats are thinking of selling their car. How many books does this library have? Anna prefers to drink tea, not coffee. What does this word mean? Pere is having a shower now; please take a message. Rosa is seeing the doctor at 8:00 a.m. on Thursday. I don’t believe how much this jumper costs! He doubts if he will finish his homework tonight.
Present Simple and Continuous
Marc doesn’t understand what the sign says. Mrs. Palau, your son is clever, but he always talks in class. Teresa and her grandmother are very close; they visit one another every day. I’m listening carefully, but I still don’t hear you very well. Marta, hold on, I want to put on a jumper; it seems to be colder than before. The doctor arrives at his office at precisely 9:00 every morning. My family is living in a hotel until our house is painted. My biology teacher doesn’t believe in giving quizzes, only tests.
Verb Conjugation
Plays, has, divides, serves, score, means, are, people, want, honor.
Relative Pronouns
He is the boy who delivers newspapers. Shakespeare, who died in 1616, wrote many plays. M.L.K, whose speeches were about racial justice, won the Nobel Prize in 1964. Halloween, which is celebrated… London, which was built by… Henry VII, who married six times,… John, whose father is in Liverpool,… My aunt’s car, which is new,… This is the house that costs 5,000,000 euros. I like flowers which/that smell nice.
More Relative Pronoun Examples
I met a man whose wife works as a university teacher. This is the reason why I am here. The family, whose horse disappeared, is very sad. The shop where I bought the camera belongs to a friend of mine. The teacher to whom I talked is very nice. There was a time when I thought about this problem a lot. Is this the restaurant where you wanted to eat? This is the poem whose author was given the prize. It happened in winter when the days are short and dark. My boss is the person who/that I borrowed the money from. This is the room where I was born.