YOU ARE WHAT YOU EAT
Week of 27 May 2008
Week of 27 May 2008
VOCABULARY
calories: I try to count my calories when eating.diet: She's on a diet.
fattening: Those foods are fattening.
stroke: The stroke was caused by eating too many fatty foods.
heart disease: Heart disease increases in wealthy countries.
carbohydrates: That dish has a lot of carbohydrates.
overweight: Many of my classmates are overweight.
diabetes: Cases of type 2 diabetes tend to increase in an overweight population.
front (1. face. 2. policy): 1. She put up a good front, but she was devastated when her boyfriend left her. 2. Food awareness is the latest front against an unhealthy urban population.
government statistics: Government statistics show a large proportion of teenagers are now overweight.
clinically obese: Many young people today are clinically obese.
marked with important information: Most food packages are marked with important information for the consumer's benefit.
fat content: The fat content of that dessert is very high.
obsessed: She's obsessed about losing weight.
championships: The team won two championships in three years.
hard to swallow (difficult to believe): The statistics that 60% of teenagers are overweight are hard to swallow. There must be an error in the data.
chain restaurants: Chain restaurants have the money to meet consumer demand.
establishments: Some eating establishments are more concerned with the quality of the food than the way the food looks.
post their calories: The store will post the winning numbers on Tuesday.
to talk numbers: The baseball player didn't want to talk numbers, like how many home runs he hit in his career.
over the last (year/decade): Record sales have declined over the last decade.
consumers: Today's consumers want as much information about a product as they can get.
informed choices: The buyer should make informed choices when buying and not just buy recklessly or needlessly.
disturbing trends: The tendency to obesity among the young is a disturbing trend in big cities around the world.
frequency: The frequency of heart attacks tend to increase with the frequency of junk food consumption.
scientific information: Consumers need scientific information on food labels in order to eat properly.
Grub Street: There are so many food places on that street we call it Grub Street. (Grub=slang for "food.")
purist: I'm not a purist when I read great books and don't mind skipping pages if a scene bores me.
gastronomy (food ingredients or enjoyment): The food critic was famous for his gastronomical enjoyment and knowledge.
caloric minefield: A chocolate cake is a caloric minefield, especially for people with cardiac problems.
incredibly complex: Deciding which foods are healthy or not healthy may seem incredibly complex to some people.
intimately: She knew him, but not intimately.
core of a good meal: The core of a good meal is in the sauce.
Grande Mocha: I had a Grandee Mocha at the barista.
caulking-like cake: 1. My mother's milkshakes had a caulking-like thickness. 2. The woman caulked her windows to prepare for the rainy winter.
Kit Kats: Children love to eat Kit Kats.
do the honors: Please do me the honors of slicing the turkey.
beefy goodness: I love to watch the beefy goodness of barbecued burgers on the 4th of July!
greasy starchy deliciousness: The barbecued burger had a greasy starchy deliciousness.
over the limit: A single piece of chocolate cake may put you over the limit of your morning diet.
calorie-transparent world: 1. People think twice about eating junk foods in our calorie-transparent world. 2. Her guilt was transparent to everyone except herself.
healthy options: There are healthy options to eating hamburgers, like eating vegetable burgers.
tropical fruit smoothie: Her favorite flavor tropical fruit smoothie was pineapple.
sucker salad: He was knocked out by a sucker punch which his opponent didn't see coming.
appetizers: Celery sticks and French bread are great appetizers.
titanic levels: He hit a titanic home run that went out of the stadium.
calorie consumption: Young people tend to have higher rates of
double-stack: He wolfed down a double stack of pancakes at breakfast.
disaster: The meal was burnt and a disaster of gastronomical flavors.
gut bomb: A slice of chocolate cake may look delicious but it's a gut bomb in disguise.
American cheese: She liked to eat American cheese because she didn't have to slice it.
turn you off: A carrot stick may turn you off, but it's better for you than a hamburger.
exposing: The Department of Health is trying to expose the poor food choices consumers make.
extreme calorie counts: Chocolate cake and puddings have extreme calorie counts.
forbidden fruit allure: There's always a degree of "forbidden fruit" allure to junk foods. The more you're told not to eat it, the more eager we are to eat it.
family-safe: Health departments are trying to encourage family-safe eating habits.
Eminem: Eminem is called A-Mu in Taiwan. It's a play on the brand chocolates, M&M's.
post calories: The restaurant has to post calories on its menus.
calorie posting: Calorie posting is now required by law.
corporate entities: Large corporate entities have the resources to respond to a temporary lull in consumer demand.
R&D: A good business has good research and development procedures that can answer new consumer demands or even anticipate them.
Caesar salad: A Caesar salad is a mixed salad.
accommodate: Today's restaurants are willing to meet the demands of consumers' concerns about health.
progressive laws: Progressive laws may stifle free enterprise but are for the good of society.
freakish existence: He lived a freakish existence, playing video games in his room all day and night.
consequence: The consequence of sleeping late was she missed the exam.
Adam bit into the forbidden fruit: Malicious gossip has been around ever since Adam bit into the forbidden fruit.
rigid fashion: Her mother restricted her computer use, but not in a rigid fashion, allowing her daughter to monitor herself.
polyester: The polyester jacket dried very quickly after the rain storm.
clothing police: Some people think that besides traffic police, we now have food police and even clothing police telling us what to eat and what to wear.
ultimately: Though she failed her midterm, she ultimately passed the class.
consumer's choice: Many restaurant owners feel it's a consumer's choice whether to eat unhealthy foods or not.
birth defects: The mother was afraid of birth defects in her unborn baby so she stopped drinking wine.
essentially: Though the fish patty looked healthy it was essentially a bad choice because cooked in fatty oils and topped with cheese.
prohibitive: The cost was prohibitive so she didn't buy it.
dig your own grave: Her mother said if she wanted to dig her own grave by drinking cola, she could do it.
act of dining defiance: As an act of dining defiance, the man ordered a quadruple bacon and cheese burger.
heart attack: The player died of a heart attack from an undiagnosed heart condition.
immune: She was immune to flattery no matter how much her daughter praised her.
cardiac disease: Cardiac disease tends to increase in the overweight.
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