What should you eat?
Eating the right foods in the right amounts is called having a balanced
diet. This is very important because your body needs daily amounts of
different things and no one food has all the things that your body needs to
stay healthy and work properly. Most people know that eating the right food
is important for physical health. But what a lot of people don't realise is
that food can affect your mental health too.
The things obtained from the food you eat can be grouped according to what
they do. Body-building foods are called proteins and provide the substances
which make us grow. They help repair parts of the body such as the skin and
the tissues inside the body when they are worn out1. Energy foods,
fats and carbohydrates, give you energy. They are the fuel your body needs.
Too much and they will be stored as fat in the body and you'll become
overweight.
In the past, people sometimes got sick even though they ate a lot of
body-building and energy foods. Scientist then discovered that the body needs
other substances to protect it against disease. These are protective foods:
vitamins and mineral salts. Vitamins and mineral salts also help our bodies
to make the best use of the food we eat.
Starting Out. A Life Skills Record Book. Collins.
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1 worn out: old, damaged.
I. Answer the following questions using your words:
II. Are the following statements true (T) or false (F)?
III. Find a word or phrase in the text which, in context, is similar in
meaning to
IV. Choose a,b,c or d, after each statement below. Only one choice is
correct
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