1. Read the passage given below.
Certain foods can rejuvenate and activate the body, inducing even stable mental
health and the advisory positions about the remarkable healing power of food. To
recognise, isolate and increase the intake of foods that have large amounts of
disease fighting antioxidants, to identify the two kinds of fat; the beneficial
Omega-3 and the Omega-6, in which foods are commonly cooked; to alienate
allergies caused by foods that work against the human metabolism.
Even oxygen has certain toxic forms called oxides, which spark off lethal
reactions that have been linked to sixty odd chronic diseases, one of which is
ageing. Antioxidants minimise the effects of the oxidants. Plant foods, thankfully
are packed with antioxidant agents. Scientists are now researching into an
antioxidant “Status report” based on individual blood tests; if the antioxidants are
funnying low, specific food should be prescribed to boost the levels.
Fat comes in two types – Omega-3 which is found in marine life and Omega-6
which is . concentrated in vegetable oils. The first is good, the other is plain rotten.The best source of Omega-3 is preferably sea fish. But frying it in Omega-6 rich
vegetable oil kills all its goodness. The third imperative in codifying food health is
through identifying irritants.
While some foods cause obvious and easily identified allergies like rashes, others
cause either delayed reactions or minor irritants which could, nonetheless, be a
serious deterrent to general well-being. Obstinate amoebiosis, nagging depression
and persistent headaches are the most obvious symptoms. Food plays a dramatic
role in alerting and fine-tuning of brain cells to give them sharper concentration.
An innocuous combination of red wine and cheese can trigger off migraine.
Ageing brains have low levels of thiamin, which is concentrated in wheat-germ
and bran, nuts, meat and cereals. More good brain-food comes from liver, milk and
almonds, which are rich in riboflavin and extremely good for memory. Carotene,
available in deep green leafy vegetables and fruits, is also good for geriatric brains.
So is a high iron diet: it can make old brains gallop hyperactively like young ones.
Iron comes from greens, liver, shell-fish, red meat and soyabeans Sea-food, very
high in iron, is an excellent diet supplement.
On the basis of your reading of the passage, answer the following:
(1×10= 10)
(a) A harmless combination of red wine and cheese can trigger off:
(i) bodyache
(ii) nausea
(iii) cough and sneezing
(iv) headache
(b) Iron come from:
(i) liver and shell-fish
(ii) greens
(iii) sea food and red meat
(iv) all of the above
(c) Fat comes in two types Omega-3 and _______?
(d) Write the antonym of the word “marked’. (para 5)
(e) Which foods are rich in antioxidants?
(i) Specific food
(ii) Nutritiuos food(iii) plant food
(iv) All of them
(f) Antioxidants are useful in fighting diseases and minimising the effects of
oxidants.
(i) true
(ii) False
(g) How can the good effect of Omega-3 fats be killed by Omega-6 fats?
(i) Food found in marine life
(ii) Food found in plants
(iii) Marine food fried in vegie oil containing omega 6
(iv) Plant fodd fried in vegie oilcontaining omega 6
(h) Write the synonym of the word “matured’. (para 6)
(I) Aeging brains have low level of :
(i) Vitamin B
(ii) Vitamin D
(iii) Vitamin B1
(iv) Vitamin B12
(J) Which type of food is helfull for old brains?
(i) Iron rich diet
(ii) Green leafy vegetables and fruits
(iii) Meat
(iv) all of them
Answers
Answer the following questions:
Explanation:
Based on the passage, the answers to the following questions are:
(a) A harmless combination of red wine and cheese can trigger off:
(i) body ache
(ii) nausea
(iii) cough and sneezing
(iv) headache
Answer: Headache (option iv)
(b) Iron come from:
(i) liver and shell-fish
(ii) greens
(iii) seafood and red meat
(iv) all of the above
Answer: All of the above (option iv)
(c) Fat comes in two types Omega-3 and Omega-6.
(e) Which foods are rich in antioxidants?
(i) Specific food
(ii) Nutritious food
(iii) plant food
(iv) All of them
Answer: Plant food (option iii)
(f) Antioxidants are useful in fighting diseases and minimizing the effects of oxidants.
(i) true
(ii) False
Answer: True.
(g) How can the good effect of Omega-3 fats be killed by Omega-6 fats?
(i) Food found in marine life
(ii) Food found in plants
(iii) Marine food fried in veggie oil containing omega 6
(iv) Plant food fried in veggie oil containing omega 6
Answer: Marine food fried in veggie oil containing omega 6 (option iii)
(I) Aging brains have a low level of :
(i) Vitamin B
(ii) Vitamin D
(iii) Vitamin B1
(iv) Vitamin B12
Answer: Vitamin B1- Thiamin (option iii)
(J) Which type of food is helpful for old brains?
(i) Iron-rich diet
(ii) Green leafy vegetables and fruits
(iii) Meat
(iv) all of them
Answer: Iron-rich diet (option i)
Answer:
a) A harmless combination of red wine and cheese can trigger off:
- (iv) Headache
(b) Iron come from:
- (iv) all of the above
(c) Fat comes in two types Omega-3 and_______?
- Omega-6
(d) Write the antonym of the word “marked’. (para 5)
(e) Which foods are rich in antioxidants?
- (iii) plant food
(f) Antioxidants are useful in fighting diseases and minimising the effects of oxidants.
- (i) true
g) How can the good effect of Omega-3 fats be killed by Omega-6 fats?
- (iii) Marine food fried in vegie oil containing omega 6
(h) Write the synonym of the word “matured’. (para 6)
- Ageing
(I) Aeging brains have low level of :
- (iii) Vitamin B1
(J) Which type of food is helfull for old brains?
- (i) Iron rich diet