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A. Read the following passage about unhealthy food and complete the table that follows.
Glossary:

malnutrition : is a serious condition Carcinogen: a substance that causes cancer
that occurs when a person's diet
doesn't contain the right amount of
nutrients.

Artificial : made by people, often as a Salinity: a measure of the amount of salt dissolved in water
copy of something natural

Coated: Covering and adding layers trans lipid: a type of unsaturated fat that occur in small amounts
in nature, but became widely produced industrially from
vegetable fats for use in margarine, snack food, packaged baked
goods and frying fast food starting in the 1950s

Unhealthy Food that You May Think is Healthy

Pasta Instant Noodles

The typical pasta that Instant noodles are not good
you get at the for health. Salinity in the
grocery store is instant noodles can cause
practically plain kidney burden and increase
white flour with blood pressure. Instant
water and eggs. This noodles also contain trans lipid
means no vitamins, that can increase the risk of
minerals, fiber or anything your body needs. So, heart disease.
you are eating a bowl of shaped pasta as empty
calories. Eating much of that without any
additional healthy food can cause a malnutrition.
Fried foods
Diet Soda
Usually fried foods
Diet soda can be even worse than have high levels of
the sugar filled versions. It is calories, fat and oil.
because of the artificial sweeteners The three substances
they use, and which can increase can cause obesity and coronary heart disease.
the risk of certain kinds of cancer. Moreover, the frying process occurs carcinogen
substances that trigger cancer.

Peanuts Fruit Juice

The majority of peanuts Different from the natural juice,
the commercial fruit juice is
sold as snacks these days pumped with extra sugar.
come packed with huge
amounts of salt, roasted Therefore, the pulp which provides
the essential fiber has been
and often coated in
unhealthy fats and sugar. Too much salt may removed. The extra sugar may increase
cause high blood pressure. the risk of diabetes.

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