Do you often eat candies and desserts? Are you crazy about cola and milk tea? Do you know these snacks and drinks have a lot of sugar? Eating too much sugar causes many health problems, even leads to high blood sugar level, which could bring us diabetes (糖尿病), heart disease, liver disease or even depression.
Besides sweet food and drinks, there is hidden sugar in everyday food. For example, there is much sugar in bread and yogurt. It is hard for us to avoid sugar, but do we have to stay away from it completely? That’s impossible and unnecessary. After all, sugar is one of the energy sources that we need. What we must do is to control the sugar intake.
Here are some possible ways to help you. First, get to know how much sugar we need a day. World Health Organization (WHO) suggests adults and children should limit sugar intake to 25 grams or less every day. Then, check the ingredients list and buy food with the lowest sugar. What’s more, pay attention to our blood sugar level. Jessie Inchauspe, a French bestselling writer, shares some of her ideas to balance our blood sugar level.
· Eat foods in the right order.
Eat your vegetables first, followed by eggs and meat, then rice or bread.
· Eat vegetables before each meal.
It is better to have hot or cold green salad.
· Reach for vinegar (醋) before you eat.
This is having a teaspoon of vinegar in a glass of water before meals.
· Move after you eat, within 70 minutes.
It could be going for a 10-minute walk, doing a short workout, or doing some chores.
By now, you’ve already known how to improve sugar intake patterns. However, what we do is more important than what we say. Small steps can add up. Let’s begin to make changes on our own.
【小题1】Eating too much sugar causes many health problems EXCEPT ________.| A．worries | B．diabetes | C．depression | D．heart disease |
| A．Sugar is only in sweets and desserts. |
| B．Bread and yogurt has no sugar at all. |
| C．Adults should not have more than 25 grams of sugar a day. |
| D．Sugar is so harmful that people should completely avoid eating it. |
| A．move | B．control | C．permit | D．replace |
| A．Drinking milk tea before eating noodles can be acceptable. |
| B．Eat cabbages or green salad to start a meal, and rice or bread to end it. |
| C．He should drink a spoon of vinegar first, then a glass of water to follow. |
| D．If he finishes dinner at 7, he shouldn’t exercise or do housework before 8:10. |
| A．stop young people from eating sugar |
| B．introduce ways to balance blood sugar level |
| C．discuss the diseases caused by taking too much sugar |
| D．advise people to change their sugar intake patterns |
