Let's Get Healthy!!!

                                     
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Regular exercise and proper eating habits are recommended for us as human beings to lead a healthy lifestyle. Doctors suggest that we exercise 3-5 times a week and watch our intake of food. What this means is that what we put into out mouths as sustenance makes a huge difference. As much as I love the fast food chain Taco Bell, it's not going to help me maintain a healthy lifestyle. Some of the items we should consume on a daily basis are fresh vegetables and fruits for a variety of nutrients, dairy to receive calcium which is a nutrient we receive from cow's milk or almost anything made from it and it helps to strengthen our bones, and meats for protein. Although it is very difficult to maintain a healthy lifestyle when many of us lead such busy lives, have little time for exercise, and fast food is so readily available, making the decision to work out more often and make better food choices is one that can prove itself to be beneficial for many years to come.
                                      


Vocabulary
Exercise-bodily exertion especially for the sake of training or the improvement of health.


Recommend- to advise


Healthy-possessing or enjoying good health


Sustenance- nourishment.


Maintain- to preserve or retain.


Consume- to eat or drink.


Nutrients- providing nourishment or nutriment to the body.


Protein- the plant or animal tissue rich in such molecules and is considered as a food source supplying necessary nutrients for the body


Beneficial- helpful and advantageous.

Grammar Activity
Direction: Unscramble each word below and write the correct spelling on the line.
1. YEALTHH                                                                                     

2. CUSSTEENAN                                                                             

3. IIEBEFCNLA                                                                                

4. ENTSRINUI                                                                                  

5. UNSEMCO                                                                                   

6. OIPTERN                                                                                      

7. AINNMITA                                                                                   

8. REXCESIE                                                                                     

9. NCMRMDEOE                                                                              




Grammar Point
There are many content specific words in this paragraph. For example, protein, nutrients, calcium, and exercise can all be considered Biology specific terms. Each of these terms was used as a noun in the above paragraph. The entry is written in the present tense with some future tense.

Let's Practice!!
Use a minimum of six of the vocabulary words and create a  short paragraph of your own. Remember to look at the definitions of the word if you are having trouble using it in a sentence.