Vocabulary

• check out
• back then: At that time in the past.
• health benefits: Advantages provided by an employer or insurance plan related to healthcare, such as medical, dental, and vision coverage.
• talking about: To discuss a particular topic.
• at a time: Separately; one by one
• for short: As a shortened form of a name or phrase.
• also known as: Also called; alternatively named.
• in time: Eventually; after a period of time.
• for instance: As an example.
• break down: To forcibly break, destroy or make collapse
• think of: To look on as (being something specific); consider
• in addition to: Besides; as well as
• lead to: To result in some action
• as well as: Also; in addition to
• green light
• full day: A complete day, from morning to night.
• all the things: Everything; all items or aspects
• the good stuff: Things of high quality or the best kind.
• cognitive: The process of knowing and remembering
• physical: Health check at the doctors' or hospital
• recommend: To advise or suggest that someone do something
• improve: To make, or become, something better
• instance: An example of something; case
• effective: Working efficiently to produce a desired result
• common: Area in a city or town that is open to everyone
• cholesterol: Substance in the body that may cause heart disease
• current: Electricity flowing through wires
• inflammation: Painful swelling in the body due to illness
• irritable: Annoyed; easily annoyed or angered
• pressure: Anxiety caused by difficult problems
• influence: To affect or change something indirectly
• method: (Organized and planned) way of doing something
• concentrate: To cause to be present in large amount or number
• protein: Group of molecules made from amino acids
• mean: Average of a set of numbers
• pregnant: Carrying your unborn baby inside you
• remain: To be left behind; to continue to exist
• adapt: To change something for a different function
• result: Something produced through tests or experiments
• board: Surface for posting or showing information
• insulin: Substance in the body processing sugar into energy
• resistance: Force that stops or slows movement of something
• thrill: Thing/event causing sudden excitement or pleasure
• professional: Of jobs such as doctor, lawyer, accountant, etc.
• endurance: Quality of lasting or of being permanent
• vicious: Very dangerous, e.g. an animal or dog
• lead: Wire for electricity, computer, etc.; cable
• diet: To eat special or less food, as to lose weight
• click: To work well with someone or something
• energy: Physical or mental strength
• noggin: A human head
• lifespan: Length of time something is expected to last
• activity: An action or task, e.g. sports, washing clothes
• complicate: To make more difficult to do, understand or use
• control: A device designed to operate a machine
• coordination: When parts of your body work well together
• liver: Organ from animals served as food
• readily: In a quick and easy manner
• alternate: To follow one thing after another repeatedly
• nauseous: Feeling like you want to vomit
• physician: A medical doctor
• turn: To become (a particular age)
• intermittent: Occurring at irregular times; off and on
• grow: To get bigger and more mature; make plants do this
• include: To make someone, something part of a group
• fast: In a way that is difficult to move or change
• calorie: Unit for measuring the amount of energy in food
• antioxidant: Substance that stops harmful chemical reactions
• start: First time or place that a thing exists; beginning
• hungry: Feeling a need or want to eat food
• breastfeed: To feed a baby with breast milk
• dna: Chemical in living cells with genetic information