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All of us know about the benefits of eating healthier. Proper nutrition helps us prevent cancer, heart disease, and other serious ailments. It allows us to lose weight and keep the pounds off. Eating healthier also helps to enhance our mood substantially and increases our chances of living longer and enjoying well-being while we are alive.
Who will benefit from the information in the text?
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All of us know about the benefits of eating healthier. Proper nutrition helps us prevent cancer, heart disease, and other serious ailments. It allows us to lose weight and keep the pounds off.
What diseases are mentioned in the text?
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It is best to eat foods in their natural state. Forget foods that are processed in a factory. Some examples of processed foods are convenience snacks, white bread, cereals, canned vegetables, canned meats, canned fruit, granola bars, candy bars, and soda.
Which foods should be avoided according to the writer?
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Some examples of processed foods are convenience snacks, white bread, cereals, canned vegetables, canned meats, canned fruit, granola bars, candy bars, and soda.
Which of the following is NOT included in the list of processed foods?
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Processed foods have been greatly modified and contain a lot of ingredients that do not exist in the food naturally.
Why are processed foods considered unhealthy?
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Each type of food ingredient that exists in nature has its nutritional makeup. When we eat different types of foods, we are more likely to get all the nutrients we need in order to be healthy.
Why should people eat a variety of foods?
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One of the best ways to eat healthier is to cook your own food. Besides saving a lot of money, you will also be able to control what goes into your food.
What are the benefits of cooking your own food?
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Besides saving a lot of money, you will also be able to control what goes into your food. You will not be using chemicals and other unhealthy additives.
What does the word you refer to?
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Instead of eating until you are completely full, stop eating before you feel completely satiated. It is OK (and healthy) to stop eating while you still have some room in your stomach.
What does the word satiated mean?
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It takes a while for your stomach to send the message to your brain that you are full and have had enough to eat.
Why should people stop eating before they are completely full?
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Always try to eat at a proper dining table. Never eat in your car or at your desk. When you make a point to sit down at a table and focus on your meal, you will be less likely to eat unconsciously.
Where does the writer suggest people eat their meals?
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When you make a point to sit down at a table and focus on your meal, you will be less likely to eat unconsciously.
The word unconsciously is closest in meaning to …
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Food that is served to you through a window is almost never healthy.
What kind of food is the writer most likely referring to?
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Following this rule also reduces the chances of eating when you are bored.
The word this rule refers to …
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Water is the healthiest drink on the planet, period. Sodas, energy, and flavored drinks are the most unhealthy and they should be avoided at all costs.
According to the text, what is the healthiest drink?
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Sodas, energy, and flavored drinks are the most unhealthy and they should be avoided at all costs.
Which drinks should be avoided?
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If you want to have a flavored drink, make lemonade using fresh lemons, or drink tea, or water flavored with fresh fruit and vegetables.
What drink does the writer recommend instead of soda?
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Eating healthier also helps to enhance our mood substantially and increases our chances of living longer and enjoying well-being while we are alive.
Besides preventing diseases, what other benefit does healthy eating provide?
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Processed foods have been greatly modified and contain a lot of ingredients that do not exist in the food naturally.
What can be concluded about natural foods?
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So there you have it: you can eat much healthier simply by following the 6 tips listed above.
According to the writer, how can people become healthier?
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