IS CHOCOLATE GOOD FOR YOU?

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..