Unit13 Healthy eating

What is your favorite food?

What is the meaning of the title “We are what we eat”? A. We will become what we eat. B. Our Eating habits become part of who we are. C. We should buy and eat nutritious food. D. What we eat can make us healthy. (B)

Skim the text quickly to find out the general idea of each paragraph, and divide it into three parts. 1. Three parts: Part 1--- Part 2--- Part 3--- (Para.1) Difficult to choose what to eat. (Para.2-3) What & how to choose (Para.4-5) advice/suggestion

1. How do people make choices about what to eat? 2.What’s the best way to make sure that we feel and look fine? 2. What’s the best way to make sure that we feel and look fine? We make choices ① not just about nutrition ② about their eating habits based on what they believe ③ based on how the products are grown or made. To develop healthy eating habits

Careful reading: Para.1 : 1.Why is it difficult for us to choose what to eat? 2. How are traditional diets?/ why are traditional diets not fit for the 21st- century person? ① our eating habits have changed,as has our way of life. ② the fuel is different ③ stores offer all kinds of food and snacks and we have to make many choices. They often have too much fat and too many calories.

nutrientsFrom foodfunctions protein calcium carbohydrate fibre Para 2---about nutrition mineral vitamins Fish, meat, beans Eggs, milk, other dairy products Bread, rice, noodles vegetables water Vegetables, fruit, fish, milk Fight disease Good for muscles Good for bones & teeth Main fuel for our body Keep our body functioning well

Eating habits Based onReasons Para.3 vegetarians vegans Eating “eco- food” Eating “organic vegetables” What they believe How the products are grown or made Because they believe it’s healthier not to eat meat/ or because they think we should not kill animals for food Use green & clean ways to grow it without chemicals that can be harmful to human beings or the environment

Para.4 1. Do we have to buy supplements? 2. What about “crash diets”? How to make us lose weight fast? If we eat healthy food in the right amounts, we don’t have to buy any supplements. The same goes for it --- not to buy. Instead of eating expensive diet foods or going on unhealthy diets, we can simply try to eat less fat and sugar and exercise more.

Para.5 what should we do to be ready for the challenge & opportunities in life? We should develop healthy eating habits. We ought to learn more about our body and the fuel it needs to keep fit..

Word study 1 Found in food and necessary for good health 2 The kind of food that someone eats each day. 3 Parts of plants that you eat but cannot digest, which help food to move quickly through your body. 4 Found in food and are important for good health. They help to build our bones, teeth and blood. 5 Found under the skin. Our body needs it for energy. It can keep us from feeling cold. 6 Bad for your teeth and can make you gain weight. 7 Found in milk and meat. Our body needs it grow and keep healthy. 8 Unit for measuring how much energy the food can give us. nutrient diet fibre calcium fat sugar protein calorie