Read the passage and answer the following questions.
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
Chipese 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 diabetes.
1. Answer the following questions briefly:
(a) What are the functions of food?
(b) What is meant by ‘improper food?
(c) What does ‘civilized life’ imply?
(d) Explain: We have drifted away from nature.
(e) How does modem life style and food habits affect us?
2. Find words from the passage that mean the same as:
(a) being fat
(b) cleanliness
Answers
Answer:
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Answer 1- a) Food can maintain and save life. It can destroy life as well.
b) Improper food is the one which does not have all the nutrients and isn't part of balanced diet. Also improper food contains elements which cause harm to physical body along with different disorders. High blood pressure, obesity, cardiovascular disease are the common disorders linked with improper food.
c)civilized life indicates that the flow of energy (prana) and space (mind) are at higher level (say at heart chakra);and conciousness (chethana) is at higher level. civilization takescare of lifes energy which is higher than survival energy in true sense.
d) We are so busy with technology that we have drifted away from nature. Explanation: Kids nowadays do not play outside, they do not know what it feels like to have fun outside their video games.
e) In term of the relationship between modern diet and health, the following four key problems have to be addressed: (I) Under-nutrition causes nutrition deficiency, and over nutrition leads to obesity, hypertension, hyperlipidemia, diabetes, and cancer.
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