Health and healthy lifestyle
Nowadays our life is getting more and tenser. People live under the press of different problems, such as social, ecological, economic and others. They constantly suffer from stress, noise and dust in big cities, diseases and instability. A person should be strong and healthy in order to overcome all difficulties. To achieve this aim people ought to take care of their physical and mental health. There are several ways to do it.
1. The state of your body depends on how much time you spend doing sports. People all over the world are very fond of sports and games. Sport helps people to keep in good health. We all need to exercise as regular exercises give us more energy. Exercise makes us feel and look better. At least everybody must do morning exercises every day. The most healthy kinds of sports are swimming, running and cycling.
2. Healthy food is also a very important factor. Overeating causes many dangerous diseases. The daily menu should include meat, fruit and vegetables, milk product, which are rich in vitamins, fat, proteins and etc. On the other hand modern diets are very popular especially among women. Diets may be harmful, if they are used in the wrong way.
3. To be healthy, people should get rid of their bad habits. It's necessary to stop smoking and drinking much. Everyone should remember that cigarettes, alcohol and drugs destroy both body and brain.
4. In addition, it is recommended to watch TV less, avoid anxiety and observe daily routine. Certainly it's hard to follow all these recommendations, but every person has to choose between healthy life style and numerous illnesses.
Questions:
1. What are the benefits of leading a healthy lifestyle?
2. What are the choices in a healthy lifestyle?
3. What is the danger not having a healthy lifestyle?
4. What things are needed for a healthy lifestyle?
5. How do you relax after a hard day?
6. Do you think that smoking should be forbidden in all public places?
7. What things in urban life cause stress?
Healthy eating
All food is made up of nutrients which our bodies use. There are different kinds of nutrients: carbohydrates, proteins, fats, vitamins and minerals. Different foods contain different nutrients.
First of all I do not eat animal meat at all. I prefer fish and other sea products. So in the morning I usually have some cheese with yogurt, then I have tea with two sandwiches. At dinner I have vegetable soup, a salad and fried fish. I do not have desserts, but only tea with lemon and sugar. For supper I have just a salad and then I eat fruit.
So I love all kinds of milk products, especially yogurt, cheese. I like different kinds of salads, dressed with olive oil or sour cream. I also love all kinds of potato dishes. I usually drink down food with natural juices.
Well,
of course, on weekends I want to try
a new dish. If I have free time, I try to invent a new salad or find
an interesting recipe. 
I do not buy in shops ready or semi-manufactured food products, because this is unhealthy. It is better to spend some time cooking, than to have problems with overweight and heart.
Finally, there are three main messages to follow for healthy eating:
First, we should eat less fat.
Secondly, we are to cut down on sugar and salt.
Thirdly, we must eat more fresh fruit and vegetables.
Also I prefer to have tea with bitter chocolate or home-made jams. As I do not change my daily dishes, I very seldom have stomach problems. Actually I think that the simpler food is the better is its taste.
SPORTS
Sport is very popular among people in all the countries of the world. Sport makes people healthy, keeps them fit, more organised and better disciplined. It unites people of different classes and nationalities. Many people do sports on their personal initiative. They go in for skiing, skating, table tennis, swimming, volleyball, football, basketball, body-building etc.
All necessary facilities are provided for them: stadiums, sport swimming-pools, skating-rinks, football fields. But, of course, one has to pay for these services.
Sport is paid much attention to in our schools and colleges. Physical training is a compulsory subject. Different sports and games are popular with my classmates. All my friends go in for different kinds of sport, such as water sports (that is swimming, sailing, rowing), gymnastics, horse-racing, wrestling, fencing, weightlifting, boxing, football, basketball, volleyball, etc.
Physical training lessons at our college are held out-of-doors in summer. When it is cold outside the lessons are held indoors in our college gymnasium.
Professional sport is also paid much attention to in our country. In the city where I live, there are different sport societies, clubs and sport schools. Practically all kinds of sports are popular in our country, but gymnastics and tennis enjoy the greatest popularity.
The most popular kinds of sports in the United States are baseball, basketball and American football. In England popular kinds of sports are golf and rugby. Englishmen like football too. It is their national kind of sports.
Words
all over the world — во всем мире
to be fond of — зд. любить
healthy — здоровый
to be fit — быть в форме
personal initiative — личная инициатива
skiing — лыжный спорт
skating — коньки
body-building — культуризм
facilities — помещения, оборудование
swimming-pool — плавательный бассейн
skating-rink — каток
compulsory — обязательный
sailing — парусный спорт
rowing — гребля
wrestling — борьба
fencing — фехтование
weightlifting — штанга
out-of-doors — на воздухе
indoors — в помещении
sport societies — спортивные общества