General Advice

1. Eat less salt, sugar and saturated fat.

2. Eat more raw fruit and vegetables, wholemeal bread and other foods rich in fiber.

3. Check the “Contents” labels on packets and tins to see what they actually contain.

4. If you want to lose weight, do it gradually. People who lose weight quickly usually put it back on quickly, too.

5. Eat regularly – your body needs a steady flow of energy.

6. Drink five or six glasses of water per day.

7. Get plenty of variety in your diet.

8. Enjoy your food!

Exercise 1

Fill in the missing words:

1) Adults need ……… grammes of fibre per day.

2) There are two kinds of fat – ………….. and ……………. . The healthy kind is …………… and you can find this in …… which contain a lot of oil (e.g. …… and ……….), ……., …………… and some kinds of ……………. . ……………. fat, on the other hand, is found in ………, ……………., ……., ………, ………… and ……….. .

3) Your dietary fat should not exceed …….. of fat. In fact, the body’s need for fat can be met by as little as …………. of the substance each day.

4) Excess weight is ……….. . As your weight increases; so do your risks. Eating too much of any food can cause a ……….. …….. .

5) Although sweets, cakes, cola drinks and chocolate are delicious, they are not very healthy – they can cause ………. and they’re also bad for your …….. .

6) On average we eat about …… grammes of salt per day.

7) Eat less ……., ……. and ………. fat. Eat more raw ……… and ……………, ………….. bread and other foods rich in ………. .

8) Drink ……. or ……. glasses of water per day.

Exercise 2

Write 10 questions on the text using the following words and phrases:

a balanced healthy diet, to be healthy and strong, carbohydrates, protein, fat, vitamins, minerals, fibre, a digestive system, to be high in, to protect against, vegetables, nuts, cereals, beans, fruit, wholemeal bread, pasta, to pump blood around one’s body, saturated and unsaturated fats, to contain, to suffer from, to block one’s arteries, to eat regularly, to cause high blood pressure, cholesterol, to make someone overweight, heart disease / attacks.

Then discuss them in pairs.

Exercise 3

Give the English equivalents to the following words:

Паливо, вуглевод, білок, жир, клітковина, система органів травлення, хліб з висівками, макаронні вироби, насичені жири, молочні продукти, такий, що має зайву вагу, холестерин, качати кров, смачний, ожиріння, порада, у середньому.

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