Vocabulary

• talking about: To discuss a particular topic.
• end up with: To have something as a result.
• going on: To continue doing something
• go around: (Of news, gossip) to be known; circulate
• to the point: Expressing something directly and without unnecessary detail.
• think about: To consider something carefully.
• subscribe: To regularly pay to receive a service
• figure: To appear in a game, play or event
• diabetes: Illness where there is too much sugar in the blood
• tend: To move or act in a certain manner
• staple: Main food of a particular community
• consume: To eat, drink, buy or use up something
• cholesterol: Substance in the body that may cause heart disease
• beverage: A drink other than water
• disease: Illness that affects a person, animal, or plant
• amount: Quantity of something
• ability: The power, resources or skill to do something
• increase: To make or become larger in size or amount
• cardiovascular: Concerning the heart and vessels of the body
• occasion: Significant or important event or function
• syrup: Sugary liquid e.g. used on pancakes
• intestine: Long tube in the body for digesting food
• wonder: Surprise caused by experiencing something amazing
• glucose: Natural type of sugar found in fruits and plants
• syndrome: A group of signs and symptoms of a disease
• metabolic: Concerning the body's metabolism
• insulin: Substance in the body processing sugar into energy
• deliver: To give birth to a child; help a woman give birth
• pretty: Being attractive to the eye in a simple way
• rest: Time when one relaxes, sleeps, or is inactive
• risk: To do something potentially dangerous or foolish
• vicious: Very dangerous, e.g. an animal or dog
• starch: Substance in food changed to energy in the body
• break: To create a new record e.g. running the 100m dash
• click: To work well with someone or something
• provide: To make available; to supply for use
• shape: The outer form of something, what it looks like
• energy: Physical or mental strength
• gain: To increase in something, such as weight
• enzyme: A protein made by cells
• visceral: From deep within you; caused by strong instincts
• place: To put someone in a particular type of situation
• bloodstream: Blood flowing through the circulatory system
• pure: Not mixed with anything else
• fructose: Simple sugar found in honey and in many ripe fruits
• replace: To use instead of something else
• liver: Organ from animals served as food
• point: An item to be discussed
• abdominal: Concerned with the stomach area of a body
• cavity: Hole or empty space, especially in a tooth
• vein: Tube that returns blood from the body to the heart
• weight: How heavy something is
• store: To put things in a place for later use
• blood: Red liquid in the bodies of people and animals
• portal: Type of gate or entry point, e.g. to the internet
• cycle: Series of regular and repeated actions
• video: Recording capturing action with sound
• corn: Small, painful hard spot on the foot
• overload: To make a machine work too hard so it might break
• pasta: Type of Italian food, such as spaghetti
• sweeten: To offer extra to make someone agree to a thing