1. Study the text and say which statements given below are true and which are false. Correct the false ones using the sentences from the text:

1) The kidneys drain waste matter like uric acid, urea, but not such as sodium chloride or sulphate from inside the body.

2) In nephritis the kidneys are inflamed.

3) In nephritis toxins accumulate in the body.

2. Review the text to answer the following questions:

1) What function do the kidneys perform? What waste matter do the kidneys drain?

OVEREATING

There are not a few whose chief pleasure in life is eating. They go on munching all the time and expect the digestive system to do its job round the clock. The stomach and other organs, obedient servants, do their duty, though grudgingly.

Soon comes a time when they break down, and the result is stomach ache, headache, indigestion, constipation, and even sometimes worse. Let us understand the reason for their strike: it takes the organs three to six hours of undisturbed work to handle the food eaten, depending on the size of the meal. After, this work, they do need rest. Only then are they ready for fresh Work.

When food is not properly digested, it leads to poisoning of the whole body as the putrefying substance within gets into the blood stream. Bad breath results. No amount of brushing the teeth alone will help. The cure is in removing the waste from the stomach.

1. Study the text and say which statements given below are true and which are false. Correct the false ones using the sentences from the text:

1) There are few people whose chief pleasure in life is eating.

2) Some people expect the digestive system to do its job round the clock.

3) When digestive organs break down people suffer from stom­ach ache, indigestion, constipation, but not headache.

2. Review the text to answer the following questions:

1) Are there many people whose chief pleasure in life is eat­ing?

Asthma.

One of the major ailments afflicting mankind is asthma. It is an allergic condition leading to bronchospasms. It is believed to run in the family.

During an attack, the patient suffers agonies: he pants, wheezes, coughs, expectorates – all for a litre of oxygen which cannot pass through the air passage constricted by swelling and sputum.

Such attacks alternate with symptom-free periods. There is practically nothing that cannot trigger an attack: hot, cold, wet weather, pollen or dust (that is why many can get an attack when they go to bed, triggered by the dust from the pillow), everything and anything.

Sunshine, cold water for bathing or drinking, flowers, fruits, vegetables, even milk may be taboo. The body becomes weak, unable to stand any kind of exertion. Even taking a rest or sleeping becomes impossible and the nights are spent sitting in a corner because an attack may come if the patient lies down. Even excessive emotions can be dangerous.

There are plenty of drugs for asthma, but they give only a temporary relief, if at all. The constricted air passages are dilated, but ones the effect of the drug wanes, the attack starts again. Thus, it becomes a life-long agony.

Asthma is not a disease that can be cured: it is the reaction of the body to certain foreign matters. The answer lies in strengthening the system. Experiments conducted by many institutes have shown that Yoga may help those with a prolonged history of asthma.