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Unit 5 our diet

Ex.1. Sort out the food in the box below according to the tastes headings given in the table. You may put one word more than in two columns.

lemon juice

bananas

beer

vinegar

ice cream

peanuts

chocolate

honey

yoghurt

curry

onion

olives

tomatoes

peaches

melons

apples

butter

sausage

fancy cakes

grapefruit

crisps

cheese

leek

garlic

black coffee

gooseberry

oil

red pepper

mustard

fried fish

Spicy

Bitter

Salty

Sweet

Sour

Greasy

Creamy

Ex.2. Read the text about the most important mineral in our diet and decide if the statements below are true or false.

Text Salt and our Diet

Life depends on it as much as on water or oxygen. Human beings and animals need salt for the proper functioning of their bodies. But it is strange to think that a mineral as cheap and commonplace as this has played such an exotic and dramatic role in history. Salt sparked off wars in 250 BC; it caused North American Indians to hand over land and furs to European settlers; and in Tibet, Ethiopia and Rome it was so highly valued that it became a form of money.

People were not aware of just how much they needed salt until they discovered that it had a very practical use. If meat or fish could be kept in a barrel of salt, or brine, the food could be stored for months without it going bad. So salt became very valuable, and demand began to exceed supply. For Julius Caesar, the news that there was salt in Britain provided a good reason for invading the country. And Roman soldiers were even paid in salt, so it is the origin of the word salary.

It is hardly a great surprise, then, to find that salt – like gold – acquired magical properties, and stories and superstitions grew up around it. Primitive people put it on the head of an animal that was about to be sacrificed to the gods; babies in medieval Europe were washed in salt water and children made to wear little bags of the stuff around their necks to keep them from harm. Even today, in many countries, the accidental spilling of salt still makes people throw a pinch of the spilt

Statements:

  1. Salt was one of the causes of wars and division of territories.

  2. Salt was used as a means of paying for goods.

  3. People have always valued salt.

  4. People used salt for preservation of meat and fish.

  5. Each country is rich in salt.

  6. Salt was used as an award in military actions.

  7. All superstitions connected with salt show that it brings bad luck.

Ex.3. Answer the following 11 questions by ticking the corresponding column and find out if you are keeping to a healthy diet. Tell your partner how healthy your diet is.

Do you Live to Eat or Eat to Live!

Questfons

Yes

No

Very Seldom

1

Do you have two or more helpings of protein foods every day (e.g. meat, fish, cheese or eggs)?

2

Do you drink at least half a pint of milk daily (including that in tea/coffee)?

3

Do you eat liver or kidney regularly (e.g. once a fortnight)?

4

Do you eat fatty fish (e.g. sardines, smoked mackerel, kippers) regularly (e.g. once a fortnight)?

5

Do you have, on average, at least one helping of fresh fruit or fruit juice daily?

6

Do you eat at least one helping of green vegetables or salad daily?

7

Do you eat two or more helpings of bread, breakfast cereals, rice or pasta daily?

8

If you do eat bread or cereal products, are they usually wholegrain (e.g. wholemeal bread, high fibre breakfast cereals, brown rice etc)?

9

Do you add sugar to tea or coffee?

10

Do you usually add salt to your food at table?

11

Do you eat the fat on meat?

Scoring:

1. If you answered YES to the questions 1, 4, 7, 9, 10, 11, your diet is not very healthy and you may run the risk of heart and stomach problems as well as to become overweight.

2. If you answered Yes to the questions 2, 3, 5, 6, 8, your diet is really healthy and you eat to live and not the opposite.

3. If you answered Very Seldom to the questions 2, 3, 5, 6, 8, your diet lacks some necessary microelements and vitamins and you should probably change your eating habits.