We have proof that you become what you eat. When you
know the effects of different types of food, you can use your knowledge well
and eat what you want to become.
Food has an impact on our physical and mental health.
Have you ever heard any of the following advice?
Lettuce (莴苣) or milk
can make you sleepy.
To stop feeling sleepy you should eat peanuts or dried
fish.
Everyone has their own advice to give, which they have
read about or have been told by older relatives. Some of these pieces of advice
seem to contradict each other.
Eating chocolate makes you fat and gives you spots.
Chocolate contains the essential minerals: iron and
magnesium (镁).
What we need to figure out is what type of chocolate
to eat to get the benefits and how much of it to eat. We can do this by reading
the list of ingredients (原料) on the chocolate bar package. Exactly how
much real chocolate is in there? And how much of that do we need to eat to get
the benefits of the minerals it contains?
Future restaurants might be named after the physical
or mental state they hope to create. Their menus will list the benefits of each
dish and drink. Some restaurants have already started this concept, and list
the nutritional (营养的) content of their dishes on the menus.
Let’s take the restaurant “Winners” as an example.
Their menu would list dishes specifically designed to help you win sports
competitions. Or you could choose the Go-faster salad, which is a large bowl of
mixed raw vegetables in a light salad dressing, giving you energy without
making you gain weight. And what kind of dishes do you think would be on the
menu at the “Clever Café”?
So what’s going to happen to hamburgers and biscuits?
Will the concept of eating food, because it’s tasty, go out of fashion? Of
course not! Junk food is also changing. If ice-cream is not good for children,
can’t we give them fat-free, sugar-free tofu ice-cream? Unhealthy food is going
out of fashion, so brands are changing. We are told not to drink cola because
of the sugar and caffeine content so cola companies are making sugar-free and
caffeine-free drinks. We are told dried fruit is a healthier snack than
biscuits so some biscuit companies are making biscuits with added vitamins.
1.By saying “you become what you eat”, the writer
means that ________.
A.you will
become your own food
B.you will know
what food is good by its appearance
C.food has an
effect on your health
D.you will know
the effects of different types of food
2.What does the underlined word “contradict” mean in
the text?
A.Oppose to B.Help with
C.Have
influence on D.Benefit from
3.How can we eat chocolate properly, according to the
passage?
A.To eat
chocolate containing the essential minerals.
B.To read the
list of ingredients on the package.
C.To get advice
from others before eating real chocolate.
D.To learn how
much chocolate we can consume before eating.
4.Which is true about the future restaurants?
A.The food in “Winners” can ensure
you to win sports competitions.
B.They might
list the nutritional content of their dishes on the menus.
C.Hamburgers
will disappear in these restaurants.
D.The Go-faster
salad helps you go faster.
5.The concept of eating tasty food will not go out of
fashion because ________.
A.the junk food
companies are changing their brand names
B.biscuit
companies are making dried fruit
C.junk food
will become healthier than before
D.Cola
companies are still making cola