Vocabulary

• instead of: When one thing is replaced by another
• under control: Being managed or restrained; not out of hand.
• with it: Intelligent, alert, and up-to-date.
• calorie intake: The amount of calories consumed through food and beverages.
• come from: To have as your native country or city
• rule of thumb: A practical and approximate way of doing or measuring something.
• look for: To try to find a thing or person that is lost
• at the moment: At this time; now
• on the rise: Increasing; becoming more popular or common.
• point out: To make others aware of an idea
• across the board: Broad in scope or content
• check out
• process: To organize and use data in a computer
• profound: Requiring deep thought; difficult to understand
• potentially: That could happen or become reality
• experiment: Test performed to assess new ideas or theories
• bacteria: The very small creatures that can cause disease
• irritable: Annoyed; easily annoyed or angered
• gut: To destroy the inside of a building , e.g. by fire
• protein: Group of molecules made from amino acids
• underestimate: To make too low a guess of something's size, value
• exercise: To work out to become stronger and healthier
• keen: Being eager or excited for something to happen
• intestine: Long tube in the body for digesting food
• state: Region within a country, with its own government
• glucose: Natural type of sugar found in fruits and plants
• 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
• apply: To spread a substance or liquid over a surface
• intake: Amount of something that a person's body consumes
• nutrition: Scientific study of the effects of foods on health
• diet: To eat special or less food, as to lose weight
• thumb: To use your thumb to request a ride in a car
• ecosystem: Types of plants and animals in an specific area
• ferment: To go through a chemical change to make alcohol
• raw: Being uncontrolled or strong, as your emotions
• slice: Way of hitting the ball so the ball curves
• energy: Physical or mental strength
• suggest: To mention something that could be done; propose
• aim: Act of pointing something at a target
• broccoli: Vegetable with thick branches and green flowers
• notoriously: So as to be well-known for being something bad
• curve: Smooth rounded line that is not straight
• vary: To change something and make it different
• count: To add things together to find the total number
• tailor: To make or alter to fit a certain purpose
• explanation: Details or reasons given to make something clear
• limit: Point beyond which it is not possible to go
• control: A device designed to operate a machine
• fungus: Plant, e.g. mushroom/mold, growing in damp places
• label: A (luxury) brand owned by a company
• tract: A system of body parts or organs that has a particular function (e.g., digestive tract).
• crash: To damage an object by causing it to hit something
• cabbage: Round green vegetable with tightly packed leaves
• porridge: Dish made of oatmeal, usually eaten at breakfast
• natural: Being as one would expect; being usual or normal
• behave: To act correctly
• ultra: Prefix that denotes a lot of something; extreme
• calorie: Unit for measuring the amount of energy in food
• weigh: To balance things against each other
• wide: Having a great distance from one side to the other
• healthy: In good condition physically, or financially; well
• widely: To a large degree; over a large range
• microbiome: the microorganisms (= living things too small to be seen) that exist in a particular environment or in the human body
• begin: To do the first part of an action; to start
• quickly: Without taking a lot of time; fast
• health: (Person, company) being in a good condition; well
• carb: Short form of carbohydrate
• upload: To transfer a file or data to the internet
• fruit: Result or product of something
• brown: Of the color of coffee or chocolate
• pasta: Type of Italian food, such as spaghetti
• fibre: Thin natural thread that can be used to make yarn
• supermarket: Self-service store selling groceries etc.
• changer: A person who changes something