Everyone has his or her own living habits. Building good living habits is important. Why are some habits better than others? Let’s find out.

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Corn, sweet potato, soybean and oats are all coarse food grains (粗粮). Eating coarse food grains is good for your health. They have a lot of dietary fiber (食用纤维). It’s good for your stomach. You can cook them in porridge or make drinks with them.

Why shouldn’t we bend our heads for a long time?

Keeping your head bent down for long is not good for your neck. Why is that? It’s because you put too much pressure on your neck. It’s like putting two watermelons (about 27 kilograms) on your neck.     2    

Why shouldn’t we rub (揉) our eyes?

Your hands are much dirtier than you think. When you rub your eyes, the bacteria (细菌) on your hands might go into your eyes.     3     Clean them with running water instead.

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After exercising, your skin is sweating (流汗) and your heart is beating fast. A cold-water bath will stimulate (刺激) them too much.     5    . You’d better wait for a while until your body cools down. Then you can take a warm-water bath to relax.

School Gardens Could Help Children Try More Vegetables

It’s not always enjoyable for children to eat vegetables. But what if a garden is built in the school? New research suggests that a gardening program in schools can increase children’s vegetable intake(摄入量) .

How the Study Was Carried Out

The study was carried out in eight schools. Each school was in the gardening program for one school year. Every child in grades 3-5 received a total of eighteen 60-minute lessons across the school year. In the program, each school built a garden, where children learned to grow their own fresh produce, like fruit and vegetables.

The Benefits Children Could Get

The study found that vegetable intake if the children who grew their own produce increased greatly across the year. Related studies show that increased vegetable intake can improve health and cut the risk of chronic diseases(慢性疾病). Not only are there benefits to health, increasing the variety of vegetables children are exposed(接触)to may also make mealtimes much easier.” Children who are often exposed to a variety of vegetables are more likely to try new foods,” explains Dr. Kerry Jones. For children, growing their own food is a powerful tool to increase their intake of the food.

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Any opportunity to expose children to more vegetables is meaningful. “If children are learning about vegetables at school, it’s important to encourage this interest,” says Jones. Parents can listen to their children about what they have learned and read the handouts they bring home from school. Parents and children can also read books together.   Younger children can enjoy reading stories about vegetables with parents who offer useful messages. Older children may enjoy searching through cookbooks with parents to find new dinner ideas to cook vegetables in a tasty way. Besides, a small planter box in a sunny part at home can encourage children to understand more about where their food comes from.

Teaching children to grow their own produce is a great way to increase their preference for the produce. If children are taught to enjoy vegetables early in life, they will probably continue eating vegetables in the long term.

6 . Moderation（自我调节）

Pay attention to how you lead your life most of the time. A healthy lifestyle is one that doesn’t take extremes（极端）as a way of life. Be moderate in what you do.

Eat well

It is important to pay attention to both what you eat and how you eat. As Socrates said : “ You should eat to live ;not live to eat.” A different diet（饮食）with vegetables and fresh fruits is good for the brain. Also take time off for meals.

Exercise

Students must know the value of exercise because it plays a necessary part in counterbalancing（抵消）the stress（压力）responses produced in our bodies by having to meet exams.

Sleep

Students are getting less and less of sleep which might lead to more stress. The hours of sleep before midnight are thought to be the most helpful. For this reason students must re-regulate their body clock and go to bed and get up at regular time.

Express yourself

The way students feel about their work and other issues in their life plays a huge part in how they deal with stress. It is advisable that students should be realistic whatever happens in their lives.

To sum up, studies are really very important, but never at the expense（代价）of students’ physical and mental well-being. Besides, if students feel well they will be ready to face the challenges（挑战） of exams alive and kicking.

7 . Is it possible to have a diet（日常饮食）that’s both healthy and friendly to our planet? Here are answers to your eco-friendly food questions.

Does what I eat influence climate（气候）change?

Yes. The world’s food system is responsible for（为……负责）about one quarter of the planet—warming greenhouse gases that humans produce each year. That includes raising and harvesting all the plants, animals, and animal products we eat, as well as processing, packaging, and shipping food to markets all over the world.

Which foods have the largest influence?

In general, beef and lamb have the biggest climate footprint per gram of protein while plant—based foods like beans, rice, corn and wheat have the smallest influence. Pork, chicken, eggs are somewhere in the middle.

Is there a simple food choice I can make?

Studies have shown that people who eat a meat—heavy diet can reduce their food—related footprint by one third or more by moving to a vegan diet — no meat, dairy（乳制品）, or eggs. If you don’t want to go that far, just eat less meat.

Can I really make a difference to our planet?

We need more food to feed the world’s growing population. One person alone can make only a tiny difference. If many people make changes to their diets, that will start to add up. It will make a greater difference if the world’s heaviest meat eaters make some changes to their diets.

8 . People didn’t pay much attention to their health in the past, but now more and more people try to make sure that they are healthy.     1    

Do exercise every day. There are many ways to do exercise in daily life.     2     Some people think that doing simple things like cleaning the house is helpful. Other people think that doing exercise such as running or playing ball games is good.

Eat healthy food. It is good for your health to eat healthy food. You should eat more vegetables and fruits but less junk food every day.     3    

    4     Today many people have stress (压力) in their life, but we should try to relax ourselves. In fact, you can never keep yourself away from stress in life.     5     So you need to know the reason for the stress and find ways to feel better. Thinking about things in an active way can also reduce stress. Try to live for now, and don’t worry about the future.

9 . Isn’t fast food delicious? Aren’t fast food restaurants cool? ... The answer to these questions is yes.

However, there are growing facts that fast food is one of the worst parts of modern life. And studies have shown that burgers and fried chicken, which we enjoy so much, can cause a lot of health problems.

In spite of (尽管) this, why are fast food restaurants so attractive(吸引人的)? The first and most important reason is that their service is fast. Their staff(员工) are friendly and very smart-looking in their clean and bright uniforms(制服). Moreover, most fast food restaurants are near places that people always pass by. It is so easy to grab a burger and eat on the way to work.

Fast food is often so conveniently packed(包装方便) that it will not cause a mess even if you stand and eat it. Fast food restaurants are also very clean. A lot of clever ads(广告) have made them the coolest places in town, but none of them has ever told and will never tell you that too much fast food is not good for your health.

Such attractive places are selling junk food! Isn’t it a pity? Is there a way to change the fast food restaurants into special places where you get the best possible, healthy and fresh food?

Well, why not?

As people realize the health problems that fast food causes, it is quite likely that fast food restaurants may go out of date. It may happen sooner or later.

Therefore, instead of resisting(抵制) fast food restaurants, a better idea may be to persuade(说服) them to change their menu! Fast food restaurants can be places to go to when you want to eat something that will be good for your body. If they could combine(结合) healthy food with their speed of service, delicious tastes and comfortable feelings, that will be the next best thing on the earth for the human beings!

10 . We have made a survey about the food we have in a day in our class. Here are the results.

milk &       grains        fruit &     meat &       snacks eggs        （谷物）   vegetables   fish

According to the results, the doctor give us the following suggestions. We should have more fruit and vegetables, and fewer snacks. A healthy diet（饮食）is important.