IS CHOCOLATE GOOD FOR YOU?
THE PROS AND CONS
Chocolate is
made from the beans of the cacao tree and has been popular for thousands of
years. The Aztecs in South America used cocoa beans to make a chocolate drink wish was refreshing and nourishing but bitter
to taste in Europe ,sweetener were added
and modern chocolate contains cocoa , butter, sugar ,and cream or milk.
BUT IS
CHOCOLATE GOOD FOR YOU? First the good news.
Research a
Harvard University suggests that people who eat chocolate three times a month
will live almost a year longer than people who don´t.
Chocolate
contains flavonoids-substances that can reduce the _________Of coronary artery
diseases .Chocolate also contains small amounts of caffeine which can
be beneficial as it
________________your endurance and ________________feeling of fatigue.
Eating
chocolate makes you feel good .Like other
sweet food chocolate stimulates the releases of endorphins –natural body hormones that
produce feelings of pleasure and help to lift your________________ and
because chocolate melts in the mouth at body temperature .It produces a
wonderful , silky sensations that people love. According to
psychologists ,this is one of the main reasons why people can become addicted to chocolate.
But is
not all good news ____________________chocolates
contains a lot of calories –just 100 g of milk chocolate
contains 520 Kcals. while dark chocolate contains 510 Kcals. That’s about the
______________________number of calories as 2.5 Kg. of grapes or 300gramos of
grilled chicken.
The Harvard
research also suggests that people who
eat too much chocolate have a ____________ live
expectancy . Chocolate is __________________in saturated fats and sugar,
so eating too much can contribute
to obesity and related health problems. And the sugar and chocolate
can cause ________________decay.
But is you
really can’t resist chocolate, eat dark chocolate- it’s higher in cocoa than
milk chocolate and helps to increase levels of HDL a type cholesterol that
helps prevent fat clogging up arteries.
1. - Read the text quickly .Who is this information for:
a. - Doctors
b.- Nutritionists
c.-the general public
2.-Read the text again and complete it using words
from below:
Unfortunately
Decreases
Hungry
Improves
Because
Quickly
Mood
Before
Lower
Tooth
Same
Risk
high
4.-Complete the following sentences with the words :
After---slowly----full-----100 g per day-----
quality____ fresh
1) Eat good _________dark chocolate, not milk or white
chocolate.
2) Eat chocolate
after a meal when you are ________________
3) Don’t eat more
than ________________
4) Clean your teeth
___________ eating chocolate
5) Eat it with ________fruit
6) Eat it ________________
so that you can experience the full flavour.
3.- Link these
words from the text with the
correct definitions :
a. Pros and cons
b. Fatigue
c. Sensation
d. Addicted to
e. Contribute to
f. Clog up
1. To help cause something
2. Feeling
3. Tiredness
4. To block
5. Good points and
bad points
6. Can’t stop doing something eating etc..
