Vocabulary

• as well as: Also; in addition to
• get through: To arrive at the end of or finish something
• touch on: To briefly discuss
• come from: To have as your native country or city
• kill off: To eliminate or destroy completely; to cause to die.
• look at: To use your eyes to focus on something
• come back: To reply to someone, often forcefully
• know about: To have information or understanding of a subject or situation.
• nose around: To look around a place secretly or inquisitively.
• eat in: To have a meal at home instead of going out.
• think about: To consider something carefully.
• side note: A brief piece of additional information or a comment that is related to the main subject but is not essential to it.
• on the inside: Having a position of authority or influence within an organization or system.
• inside of: Within; in the inner part of.
• on a regular basis: Happening frequently or at regular intervals.
• going on: To continue doing something
• break down: To forcibly break, destroy or make collapse
• on the back of: As a result of or following something.
• have to: Must do
• clear up: To tidy things away, e.g. dirty dishes after meal
• to the point: Expressing something directly and without unnecessary detail.
• be with: To accompany someone; to be in someone's presence.
• certain foods: Specific types of food, often referring to those with particular characteristics or effects.
• chronic: Always or often doing something, e.g. lying
• immune: Having a special protection from, e.g. the law
• eliminate: To completely remove; to get rid of
• therapy: Treatment to help cure an illness
• treat: To pay for the food or enjoyment of someone else
• kinda: Short way of saying 'kind of'
• culprit: Person who has done something wrong or illegal
• consume: To eat, drink, buy or use up something
• bacteria: The very small creatures that can cause disease
• inflammation: Painful swelling in the body due to illness
• gut: To destroy the inside of a building , e.g. by fire
• hormone: Chemical produced by the body to control functions
• strict: Tending to enforce rules; severe
• absorb: To take up all attention / energy of something
• sluggish: Slow; moving like a slug
• intestine: Long tube in the body for digesting food
• alter: To change so (clothing) fits better
• ignore: To not listen to, look at, or pay attention to
• excess: Amount that is more than necessary or over a limit
• digestive: Concerning processes of converting food to energy
• digestion: Process of changing eaten food for use in the body
• digest: To convert food into energy in your stomach
• temporarily: For a limited amount of time
• insulin: Substance in the body processing sugar into energy
• create: To make, cause, or bring into existence
• diet: To eat special or less food, as to lose weight
• wanna: Shortened form of 'want to'. Used only in speaking
• fiber: Basic character and nature of a person
• ferment: To go through a chemical change to make alcohol
• vinegar: Sharp-tasting liquid made from sour wine, malt etc.
• raw: Being uncontrolled or strong, as your emotions
• heal: To recover from or forget a bad experience
• acne: Red spots or pimples on your face
• root: Emotional connection with a place, history etc.
• lot: What happens to a person in life from chance; fate
• beneficial: Giving an advantage, having a helpful effect
• irritate: To disturb, anger, or upset someone
• deficiency: Lack of something that is necessary
• wheat: A kind of grain that is used to make flour
• system: Set of organized, planned ideas that work together
• arthritis: Diseases of the joints often with painful swelling
• tract: A system of body parts or organs that has a particular function (e.g., digestive tract).
• liver: Organ from animals served as food
• nutritional: (Of foods) having positive effects on your health
• worse: Comparative of 'bad'; more bad
• gluten: Mix of sticky plant proteins found in wheat flour
• pimple: Small inflamed bump on the skin, e.g. from acne
• fast: In a way that is difficult to move or change
• start: First time or place that a thing exists; beginning
• area: Amount of measured space
• microbiome: the microorganisms (= living things too small to be seen) that exist in a particular environment or in the human body
• estrogen: General term for female steroid sex hormones that are secreted by the ovary and responsible for typical female sexual characteristics
• probiotic: Beneficial bacterium found in the intestinal tract of healthy mammals; often considered to be a plant
• fatty: Describing meat, fish with a lot of fat
• meal: Food for eating at a particular time, e.g. dinner
• people: Persons sharing culture, country, background, etc.
• imbalance: A lack of equality so two things are not equal
• carnivore: Any creature that consumes meat
• good: Proper, appropriate or right
• replacement: Getting a new object to use instead of an old one
• large: Big; of great size; broad, tall, wide, or fat
• number: Symbols such as 1, 2, 56, 793
• skin: To defeat someone easily and completely
• alteration: Change in something that has made it different
• kimchi: Korean spicy cabbage dish
• greatly: An extraordinary extent or degree
• sauerkraut: Shredded cabbage fermented in salt water
• oil: A liquid used for frying foods