Vocabulary

• breaks down: To forcibly break, destroy or make collapse
• depending on: To rely on for support (financial or emotional)
• on the other hand : Considering a different aspect of the matter; alternatively.
• have on: To be wearing something.
• break down: To forcibly break, destroy or make collapse
• to let: Indicates that a property is available for rent.
• lead to: To result in some action
• get back to: To get in contact with someone again
• pass on: A polite way of saying 'to die'
• process: To organize and use data in a computer
• content: Being happy or satisfied
• diabetes: Illness where there is too much sugar in the blood
• trick: To fool someone in order to obtain a result
• structure: The way in which the parts of a system or object are arranged or organized, or a system arranged in this way
• develop: To explain something in steps and in detail
• consume: To eat, drink, buy or use up something
• category: Groups of things that are similar in some way
• disease: Illness that affects a person, animal, or plant
• complex: Group of buildings all used for the same purpose
• hormone: Chemical produced by the body to control functions
• pressure: Anxiety caused by difficult problems
• increase: To make or become larger in size or amount
• cardiovascular: Concerning the heart and vessels of the body
• prevent: To stop something from happening or existing
• condition: To improve something to make it better
• sensitive: Taking offense easily; easily upset or hurt
• similar: Nearly the same; alike
• glucose: Natural type of sugar found in fruits and plants
• syndrome: A group of signs and symptoms of a disease
• digestive: Concerning processes of converting food to energy
• population: Number of people who live in a country, area etc.
• trap: Device used for catching animals
• digestion: Process of changing eaten food for use in the body
• release: To free someone from a responsibility or burden
• rapidly: With great speed; quickly
• metabolic: Concerning the body's metabolism
• digest: To convert food into energy in your stomach
• effect: An advantage, benefit
• involve: To have or be included as a part of something
• insulin: Substance in the body processing sugar into energy
• risk: To do something potentially dangerous or foolish
• starch: Substance in food changed to energy in the body
• fiber: Basic character and nature of a person
• carbohydrate: Substance providing energy in foods (rice, bread)
• depend: Be controlled or determined by (someone/something)
• decrease: To reduce the size, amount or number of something
• simple: Not hard to understand or do; not complex
• continue: To do something without stopping, or after pausing
• fructose: Simple sugar found in honey and in many ripe fruits
• waist: Narrower part of your body between hips and chest
• tract: A system of body parts or organs that has a particular function (e.g., digestive tract).
• rise: To wake up and get out of bed after sleeping
• prevalence: Fact of being widespread or common
• nutritional: (Of foods) having positive effects on your health
• constellation: Group of things or people that are similar
• fail: To be unsuccessful in passing a class or exam
• lactose: Sugar comprising one glucose molecule linked to a galactose molecule; occurs only in milk
• derive: To come from another thing
• compose: To calm yourself after being angry or upset
• secrete: To hide something so it will not be seen or found
• burrito: Flour tortilla folded around a filling
• unit: One apartment in a building
• conversion: Switch from one thing (e.g. religion) to another
• differ: To be different; to be not like others
• call: A order or request for action
• carb: Short form of carbohydrate
• circumference: Length around an outer boundary, e.g. a circle
• glycemic
• beak: Hard pointed parts of a bird's mouth; bill
• sucrose: Complex carbohydrate used as a sweetener
• pasta: Type of Italian food, such as spaghetti
• alpha: First letter in the Greek alphabet
• synthesized: To combine different things into a new form
• teaspoon: Small spoon used for stirring tea or coffee
• soda: Sweet bubbly flavored drink
• pita: Usually small round flat bread