Top 10 Words for Talking about Nutrition in English
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hi everybody and welcome back to top
words my name is Alisha and today we’re
gonna talk about ten words for talking
about nutrition so let’s get started
nutritional facts the first word is
nutritional facts nutritional facts if
you look at the back of a food product
in this case it’s not written English
but in the back of a food product you
will often see in many countries
depending on the regulations in your
country a list of information numbers
and some words those are the nutritional
facts of that food product in a sentence
check the nutritional facts for
important dietary information calorie
the next word is calorie so calorie is
the word that’s a sign which means
energy the energy in a food essentially
so some foods are high calorie some
foods are low calorie in a sentence
avoid eating lots of high-calorie foods
if you want to lose weight carbohydrate
carbs the next word is carbohydrate
carbohydrate carbohydrate is a very long
word so we usually abbreviate it we
usually shorten it to carbs carbs so
carbs are foods for example bread rice
pasta sweets sugars and things these are
foods which will give you like a quick
burst a quick bit of energy in a
sentence I can’t help but eat lots of
carbs sometimes protein the next word is
protein protein is often talked about
when you want to build muscle or lose
weight protein relates a lot to muscle
it’s the it can help you build muscle to
when you want what if that’s your goal
so we use protein protein is a much it
takes your body a longer time to access
the energy in protein than it does
carbohydrates so people say it’s
important to have a balance of protein
and carbohydrates in your diet for a
quick energy and slow release energy in
a sentence it’s important to get in
protein sugar the next word is sugar so
sugar we talked about sugar and
carbohydrates it is pure energy it is
but not usually it is not a healthy type
of energy especially if it’s added to a
food so sugar is just it’s a it’s a
carbohydrate it’s just energy and it
doesn’t have really much other good
stuff nutritionally in it but it can
help make things sweet and it can help
give quick bursts of energy so it’s very
commonly found in candy and sweets in a
sentence eating too much sugar can be
bad for your skin
fact the next word is fat fat there’s of
course animal fat so like bacon for
example is like kind of famously
delicious because it is a fatty piece of
meat there’s a lot of fat in it so fat
can make food taste better and then fat
also has a bad reputation because it can
of course the word fat oftentimes people
say I don’t want to be fat but fat in
food can make things taste better there
can be good kinds of fats and trying to
reduce bad fats um so in a sentence fat
helps make things taste better sodium
the next word is sodium sodium sodium is
essentially salt salt so lots of sodium
can be bad for you it’s people tend to
recommend I think to keep low sodium
levels in your food so sodium is salt in
a sentence make sure not to consume too
much sodium vitamins the next word is
vitamins so vitamins are kind of good
like body boosting things so like they
can give you like extra extra good stuff
for your body essentially so like fruits
and vegetables have lots of vitamins in
them for example in a sentence fruit
juice has lots of vitamins diet the next
word is diet so be careful there’s the
word - diet which means to limit your
food and drink to limit your consumption
in order to lose weight but there’s also
the noun form of diet so in this case I
mean diet as in your
eating habits your eating lifestyle so
for example I could say it’s important
to have a balanced diet meaning it’s
important to keep balance in the foods
that you eat and the thing is that you
drink so a balanced diet refers to a
balanced eating and drinking lifestyle
so diet when used in this way means
lifestyle not like intention to lose
weight so please be careful with this
word in a sentence keeping a balanced
diet is important for a healthy
lifestyle ingredients the next word is
ingredients ingredients so if you check
the nutritional facts on the back of a
food product you’ll usually see a list
of ingredients so the ingredients are
the things inside that product the
things that are used to make the product
you’re looking at right now the the
ingredient list is created based on the
quantity of that item in that product so
if you’re buying candy for example the
first item in the ingredient list is
probably going to be sugar and then
after that the the item with the next
highest quantity will be in the list so
ingredients are the things used to make
that product ingredients in a sentence I
always check the ingredients list so
those are ten words that you can use for
talking about nutrition I hope that
those are helpful for you the next time
you’re at the supermarket and you’re
looking at a Nutrition Facts label let
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