A Healthy Diet

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Originally published on September 30, 2020 and last updated on May 8, 2023
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Although there are some general foods that people believe are either healthy or unhealthy, what people define as a healthy diet can be very different. In recent years both a vegan diet and a carnivore diet have been promoted as being healthy even though they contain completely different foods.

 

 

Instructions:
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Useful Vocabulary

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  • diet (noun)
  • heallthy (adjective)
  • carbohydrate (noun)
  • protein (noun)
  • fat (noun)
  • vegan (noun)
  • carnivore (noun)
  • completely (adverb)

Conversation Questions

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  • What is a healthy diet?
  • Do you think the following are unhealthy for us? Why? Fruit, vegetables, dairy, meat, sugar, pasta/rice/bread
  • Do you eat a healthy diet?
  • What makes a diet healthy?
  • What would you say is a healthy diet?

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This conversation topic was prepared by Gregory

Gregory is a qualified TEFL teacher who has been teaching English as a Foreign Language (ESL) for over a decade. He has taught in-person classes in Spain and to English learners around the world online.