Tips Into Practice: Health
Tips Into Practice: Health
Tips Into Practice: Health
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NOT SO SOFT
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e know that sugar drinks are bad for our waistlines,
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teeth and general health, but is the message getting
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through? Recent research from the University of
Adelaide, Australia, shows drinking too many soft drinks is bad,
especially given a new link between soft drinks and asthma. The high
sugar content in soft drinks may make the airways more vulnerable
to allergic inflammation, says study leader Dr Zumin Shi. “Animal
studies show that sugar-fed mice had more than twice as much airway
inflammation as water-fed mice,” he says.
Most people, including children, increase their consumption of sugary drinks in the festival
seasons, says Dr Steve Hambleton, president of the Australian Medical Association. “Sugary
foods and drinks are nice to have now and then, but limit them to special occasions.”
READER’S DIGEST. The Reader’s Digest Association, Inc. India, March 2013, p. 152.
b. Qual instituição conduziu uma pesquisa recente sobre o consumo em excesso de refrigerante?
2. Explique, com as próprias palavras, a relação entre o termo soft drinks e o uso da expressão not
so soft. Responda em seu caderno.
3. Muitas vezes, algumas estratégias de leitura, como a de observar as relações entre os elementos
verbais e não verbais, nos ajudam a compreender o texto. O que ajudou você a compreender o
texto? Responda em seu caderno.
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