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Skills

Reading

1 Work in pairs. Look at the title of the article and the photos. What do you think
is the answer to the question in the title?

Why is a Mediterranean diet good for you?

here are many healthy diets Another important thing is Finally, the Mediterranean diet is
Tacross the world. In China, the culture of eating. In the not just good for your heart and
people love their food and eat Mediterranean countries, people your waist line. Many scientists
lots of fresh vegetables. In Japan, enjoy their food, and they take now think that it is good for the
fresh fish and not much bread or time eating their meals. Eating is brain, too. Studies show that
cheese helps people live a long a fun activity, to be shared with eating fresh fruit, vegetables
time. other people. It isn’t something and lots of fish helps you think
to be done quickly, or alone at faster, and gives you a very good
One of the best diets in the world work in front of a computer. memory!
is the famous ‘Mediterranean
diet’. In countries like Italy, Spain, Also, people in the So, next time you think about
Greece and Morocco, people are Mediterranean area are active. It eating a burger, try thinking of a
healthy, live long and are happy. is very common in countries like fresh salad instead!
But why is this diet so good for Italy to go out for a walk before
you? or after a meal, rather than sit in
front of the TV.
First, let’s look at what is in the
Mediterranean diet. People in
these countries eat a lot of olive
oil, fruit and vegetables and fish.
But what is also important is what
they don’t eat. This diet is low in
dairy products (like cheese, butter
and yogurt) and meat. These
people also make sure they eat
food which is fresh and cooked
slowly. They don’t often buy ready
meals from supermarkets or food
which is made in factories.

2 Read the article. Answer the questions.

1 Which countries have a healthy diet?

2 What is the ‘Mediterranean diet’?
3 What is not part of this diet?
4 What is typical about the Mediterranean attitude towards eating?
5 What are the advantages of this diet?

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