WE ARE WHAT WE EAT

1-10º                  We are what we eat

Ta  Task 1: Healthy or unhealthy? Tick the healthy food.

o      sandwiches

o      cheese

o      vegetable and fruit salads

o      pizza

o      fish and fried potatoes

o      stewed vegetables

o      a Big Mac

o      coffee

o      sweets and cakes

o      red wine

o      beer

o      porridge

o      pasta

o      chicken

o      milk and yoghurt 

Ta  Task 2: What do you think about salt and sugar? Butter and oil? Bread? Meat?

ü  I think salt is healthy/unhealthy/useful/useless.

ü  I suppose, salt is good for you/not good for you

ü  In my opinion, salt is useful because it makes food tasty

ü  I suppose, sugar is …

ü  I think we need butter because …

ü  In my opinion, oil is useful/healthy/useless/unhealthy…

ü  I suppose, oil is good for you

ü  I  don’t think, oil is good for you because …

Ta  Task 3: Your personal DIET.  Decide whether the sentence is True or False for you.

·         I cook food at home.

·         I eat a lot of fruit and vegetables.

·         I eat fast food.

·         I like salty food.

·         I prefer boiled and baked meat, not fried.

·         I cannot live without sweets. I eat a lot of sweets!

·         I prefer olive oil.

·         I don’t eat a lot of butter.

·         I drink a lot of fresh water.

·         I don’t drink alcohol.

·         I drink a glass of red wine at dinner.

Is your diet healthy? If yes – great! If not – think about it!

Task 4: Read the text. Fill in the gaps.

bacon

butter

Fish

fruit

meat

salads

wine

Eat the Mediterranean way! (from the New English File, Beginner)      

Doctors say that the traditional diet in some Mediterranean countries, for example Greece and Italy, is very healthy.

Why is it good for you?

In these countries people eat a lot of ________ and vegetables, bread, pasta, rice, fish, olive oil, and wine. They don’t eat a lot of red _________ or butter. This diet is very good for your heart and people in these countries live a long life.

How to eat like Mediterranean people and live a long life?

·         Eat a lot of fruit and vegetables every day

·         Use olive oil for cooking and for _________

·         Don’t eat ___________ with your bread

·         Eat a lot of _______. Don’t eat a lot of red meat or things like sausages and _______

·         Have a glass of red _______ at dinner.

·         Sit down with your family for lunch and dinner. Don’t eat too fast, relax and enjoy your food!