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A balanced diet

Read the article and complete the following activities:

1.- Complete the sentences with the right vocabulary words:

a. White bread, white rice and potatoes contain a lot of ________________

b. Butter and cheese are high in_______________

c. Oily fish, for example salmon, is high in _______________

d. Brown rice and wholegrain bread are high in _______________

e. Salted nuts, cheese and olives are high in _______________

f. Chicken, beef and lamb contain a lot of _______________

g. Chocolate is high in ______________

2.- Find words in the text that mean (there is one word per paragraph and they are in order):

a. a person who is an expert in nutrition

b. the edible seeds of certain leguminous plants, as peas, beans, or lentils.

c. preserved

d. a food that contains a white, tasteless chemical substance, forming an important component of rice, corn, wheat, and many other vegetable foods (adj).

e. the fat has been completely removed (adj).

f. completely

g. exchanging

h. to lessen or decrease

i. developped, planned

Eat healthy by the American Heart Association

                                                                   Source of the picture: American Heart Association