Rеаding Nowadays everyone is crazy about health. That’s why food is divided into health and junk food.

Health food is organically grown untreated food, containing no synthetic ingredients and eaten for

the health-giving properties. Junk food is processed food that typically has high carbohydrate and fat

content but overall low nutritional value.

Junk food is very harmful for us; it contains a lot of chemical substances (stabilisers, emulsifyings,

tartaric acid), cholesterol and carbohydrates. Their amounts are accumulated in our organism and

act like poison for our internal organs. But helas! It’s very popular with all kinds of people. This event

takes place because of our life-style. We exist in a very high rate and we haven’t got enough time to

cook or to eat properly, and we eat hamburgers, sandwiches, chips, etc.

So, that’s the one trend in eating nowadays. But there is another one. In Europe and America (and in

big cities in Russia) everyone is addicted to health food that is grown without chemical fertilizers, but

with the organic ones. These products are sold in special eco-shops and cost rather big deal of

money. Healthy meal by itself cannot be harmful, but an excessive passion for it can lead to painful

personality changes and eating disorders.

Task 1.Answer the questions.

1.What is health food?

2. What trends in eating are the most popular nowadays?

3. Why is junk food so popular?

4. Can you give any examples when healthy food can be dangerous for us?

5. Why do people follow diets?

6. How do you consider diets are effective?

7. What diet, in your opinion, is the most effective?

8. Is it helpful to be on a diet?​