Healthy Lifestyle

Learn about healthy lifestyles! Practice reading and vocabulary with this engaging worksheet.

Read the text about "Healthy Way of Life" «Healthy Way of Life»Food we eat also influences our health. Nowadays people are very busy and they often eat in fast-food restaurants as they don’t have time to cook. Fast food is unhealthy. It is very rich in calories (fatty) and has a lot of additives. This food gives a lot of energy. But if you don’t work it out, it becomes fat in your body. The same is with chocolates, cakes and sweets. They have a lot of fat and sugar. People should get rid of a habit of eating fast food and get into a habit of eating organic food such as fruit, vegetables, and fish. There are other bad habits, which can ruin our health. It is smoking, drinking alcohol and using drugs.Our health depends on many things: our physical activity, the food we eat and our good and bad habits. Although a lot of people are interested in staying healthy, not many people do very much about it. Modern way of life when people have little physical activity, use cars instead of walking, watch television and work on computers for many hours is quite dangerous for their health. People’s health also influences their mood.There are many opportunities to stay healthy and be fit and one of them is going in for sports. But you needn’t be a professional sportsman. Just simple regular exercises give you energy and help you feel and look better.Exercises that involve repeated movements such as are walking, jogging or swimming are the best. Bending and stretching which are practiced in aerobics or yoga makes your body flexible and light. The cheapest and most popular sport is jogging. If you don’t have time for it, make small changes like using stairs instead of the lift or walking or cycling instead of taking the bus and it can help you to improve your health and make you a more active person.Also, it is very important to get rid of bad habits. The worst ones are smoking and drinking alcohol. Smoking doesn’t only cause heart and lung problems but also makes your teeth yellow and skin unhealthy.Food we eat also influences our health. A lot of people like drinking Coca-Cola and coffee and enjoy pizza and hamburgers. But what is tasty is not healthy. You should avoid eating in fast-food restaurants and make it a rule to cook meals at home using organic food as much as possible.Only a healthy man can enjoy his life, work well and be happy. There are proverbs “Health is better than wealth” and “Early to bed and early to rise makes a man healthy, wealthy and wise”. Match the words- skip breakfast keep to a diet take regular exercises lose weight take care of your health put on weight do harm an early riser get rid of bad habits junk food Chose the correct response.1. What`s the matter? I´ve got a terrible toothache. I think I´ll go to hospital. 2.You poor thing! You should see a doctor! I´ve got a stomach ache. Maybe I should. 3. Are you all right? That´s a good idea! I´m not feeling very well. 4. What do you suggest I take for a cough? Maybe I should take some cough sweet- I suggest you take this syrup. 5. Can I have something for sunburnt? You can try this cream. Oh dear! Health care in Britain Watch the video below, you can use subtitles if you want to. 1. Who is a GP? What does he do?2. What does a chemist do?3. What do British people eat less and more nowadays?4. What is average life expectancy in Britain for men and women?5. Is health care free in Britain?6. How much does National Health Service cost every year? Answer the questions. Healthy lifestyle Watch the next video and practise vocabulary What did she put into the smoothie? carrot, apples, broccoli carrot, lemon, apples carrot, apples, kale What should we replace soda with? tea, carbonated water coke, tea beer, tea, water What kind of exercises does she recommend? long sleep to be a couch potato long walk How can we prepare water drink? add sugar add lemon and frozen blueberries add alcohol