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Choose the correct heading for the passage

Heading Paragraph from the passage

i. The habit of modern people

ii. New rules for daily food

iii. The new research on cause of death

iv. The dangerous effect of the drug

v. The introduction of the topic

vi. The unseen impact

vii. The cheap medicine

Healthy Diet, Healthy Tummy

A Prevention is better than cure. The massive withdrawal of ranitidine,
a medicine commonly used to treat stomach problems, is another reminder of
that.
B An affordable drug that has been distributed by 70 pharmaceutical
firms in the country since 1989, it has become a staple to cure chronic acid reflux
that can cause stomach pain and heartburn. However, recent findings by the

United States Food and Drug Administration and the European Medicine Agency that ranitidine contained a
small amount of N-Nitrosodimethylamine (NDMA), a carcinogenic substance, have led the Indonesian Food
and Drug Monitoring Agency (BPOM) to make the call; it has given pharma companies 80 days to recall the
product. The agency cited a global study that determined the acceptable daily intake of NDMA to be 96

nanograms. Intake higher than that would be carcinogenic in the long term.
C To say that the authorities have not done enough to protect citizens from a hazardous drug is an
understatement, since, in fact, there was previously no evidence that the medicine carried high risk and there
have not been any reports of victims of the drug. The case is rather a cautionary tale that, to mitigate the
unknown impacts of chemicals in any drug, it is always better to start eating a good diet — a simple, often
neglected, yet important part of our everyday life.

D It is more convenient to eat high-fat or spicy food or drink too much coffee and leave our gastric
concerns to drugs like ranitidine. It is cheap, available at any drugstore, and can be purchased without a
prescription. But this kind of mindset can also be deadly.
E A study published in medical journal The Lancet this year found that poor diet was responsible for more
deaths globally than tobacco and high blood pressure. The study found that consuming low amounts of healthy

foods, such as whole grains, and too many unhealthy foods, including sweetened beverages, account for one in

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