Comprehension passage
Food can maintain and save life. It can destroy life as well. Proper food serves as medicine,
improper food works as poison. A little care about the quality and quantity of food will keep
us healthy and happy. If we go about eating all sorts of things, we shall become sick.
We take pride in calling ourselves civilized. Being sensible means to know the difference
between good and bad, right and wrong. It will not do to become slaves to our tongue or
taste. Even cattle, birds and beasts eat only what is best for their body.
We mostly eat processed food and refined sugar. We pay heavily for junk food, for Chinese
dishes or deep fried snacks. As a result we catch diseases. We have drifted away from
mother nature. We laugh at the rules of hygiene, healthy diet and the advice of our elders.
This has given rise to diabetes.
We offer chocolates, cakes and ice creams too often to our children. We also attend parties
or dine out every day. This way we invite obesity and diabetics.
Answer the following questions briefly:
(a) What are the functions of food?
(b) What is meant by ‘improper food’?
(c) What does ‘civilised life’ imply?
(d) Explain: We have drifted away from nature.
(e) How does modern life style and food habits affect us?
Answers
(a) The function of food is to maintain life (by providing our bodies which nutrients which supply energy to us and allows us to be alive)
(b) Improper food refers to unhealthy food, which is food that isn't good for you, like junk food e.g deep fried food
(c) Life lived with rather advanced social and cultural development in society.
(d) It's basically saying we have drifted away from healthy organic foods like fruits and vegetables, and are now indulging in cakes and chocolates instead.
(e) Modern life style and food habits affect us rather negatively. With modern life style and food habits we eat rather unhealthy foods and pay the price for it sooner or later. Today's modern eating habits causes us to indulge in frequent take-outs, processed foods and refined sugar, this is what has caused the rapid incline in the cases of diabetes and obesity over recent years.
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