Vocabulary

• ketogenic diet: A high-fat, very low-carbohydrate diet that forces the body to burn fats rather than carbohydrates.
• come from: To have as your native country or city
• for example: As an illustration or instance.
• side note: A brief piece of additional information or a comment that is related to the main subject but is not essential to it.
• break down: To forcibly break, destroy or make collapse
• of course: Sure ; Certainly
• end up with: To have something as a result.
• go away: To go on vacation
• used to: Did regularly before, but don't do now
• know about: To have information or understanding of a subject or situation.
• turn into: To change to become something else
• tap into: To manage to use something in a way that brings you benefits
• have to: Must do
• tear up: To cause someone much grief
• down the road: At a future time; in the future.
• at the same time: Simultaneously; at the identical moment.
• as long as: For the period that; provided that.
• same time: Occurring simultaneously or at the same point in time.
• in fact: Used to emphasize the truth of a statement, especially one that contrasts with or contradicts something else.
• as well as: Also; in addition to
• think of: To look on as (being something specific); consider
• dry out: To remove moisture from something; to become completely dry.
• at least: As a minimum
• wake up: To stop sleeping
• bring about: To cause to happen
• go beyond: To do more than planned or expected; exceed
• in general: Typically; usually; on the whole.
• fatigue: Breaking due to being moved or bent many times
• diabetes: Illness where there is too much sugar in the blood
• consume: To eat, drink, buy or use up something
• stress: To emphasize one or more parts of a word, sentence
• inflammation: Painful swelling in the body due to illness
• gut: To destroy the inside of a building , e.g. by fire
• protein: Group of molecules made from amino acids
• bit: Device put in a horse's mouth to control it
• lean: To balance against or on something for support
• spike: The top point in a graph
• mention: To refer to or talk or write about something
• glucose: Natural type of sugar found in fruits and plants
• synthetic: Not natural; made from artificial materials
• grain: Seeds of plants used for food
• effect: An advantage, benefit
• counter: To say or do something in opposition or resistance
• insulin: Substance in the body processing sugar into energy
• create: To make, cause, or bring into existence
• hangover: Ill feeling from drinking too much alcohol
• diet: To eat special or less food, as to lose weight
• counteract: To reduce the impact doing something opposite
• alcohol: A colorless liquid that can catch fire (C2H5OH)
• fiber: Basic character and nature of a person
• reduce: To try to decrease, e.g. your weight if overweight
• vinegar: Sharp-tasting liquid made from sour wine, malt etc.
• solution: Mix of a liquid and a solid or a gas
• carbohydrate: Substance providing energy in foods (rice, bread)
• sodium: A soft, white chemical element
• stomach: Place in the body where food is processed
• lot: What happens to a person in life from chance; fate
• cinnamon: Sweet spice used in cooking or desserts
• antidote: A drug, which limits the effects of a poison
• deficiency: Lack of something that is necessary
• acid: Sour substance that reacts with metals e.g. lemon
• fructose: Simple sugar found in honey and in many ripe fruits
• chemistry: The study of the structure of substances
• liver: Organ from animals served as food
• poisonous: Harmful; unfriendly; unpleasant
• damage: Physical harm that is done to something
• index: Number showing how prices, wages changed over time
• nutritional: (Of foods) having positive effects on your health
• yeast: A single-celled fungi used to make bread and beer
• load: Large, often heavy, amount of a thing to be moved
• gluten: Mix of sticky plant proteins found in wheat flour
• intermittent: Occurring at irregular times; off and on
• potassium: A common, soft, silvery white metal with many uses
• difference: A thing or issue that people do not agree about
• pulse: Regular beating of a heart
• fast: In a way that is difficult to move or change
• start: First time or place that a thing exists; beginning
• refine: To change slightly in order to improve it
• muscle: Physical power
• blood: Red liquid in the bodies of people and animals
• feel: To be aware of or experience an emotion, sensation
• side: To decide to agree with one point, not the other
• carrot: Reward offered to make someone do something
• magnesium: Silver, white metal burning with a white flame
• toast: Bread grilled to make it brown and crisp
• neutralize: To remove or take away a threat
• add: To include as well
• buffer: Data in computer memory allowing fast access
• vitamin: Health-giving substance needed for body function
• people: Persons sharing culture, country, background, etc.
• shellfish: Sea animals such as shrimps, lobsters, clams etc.
• good: Proper, appropriate or right
• call: A order or request for action
• carb: Short form of carbohydrate
• alpha: First letter in the Greek alphabet
• whey: Watery part of milk left after it has gone sour
• antacid: Chemical acting to neutralize acids in the stomach
• ketogenic: A type of diet that aims to lose fat by eating a lot of foods that are high in fat.