Vocabulary

• health benefits: Advantages provided by an employer or insurance plan related to healthcare, such as medical, dental, and vision coverage.
• dying to: Extremely eager or anxious to do or have something.
• by any means: In any way possible, regardless of the method
• in the hospital: Located inside a hospital receiving medical care.
• in order to: For the purpose of; with the aim of.
• energy sources: Materials or processes that can produce energy.
• going on: To continue doing something
• have to: Must do
• skipping meals: The act of not eating meals regularly.
• mental fog: A state of reduced cognitive function, making thinking and concentration difficult.
• down the line: At a later time; in the future.
• fight off: To defend a position, often violently
• take on: To acquire a new characteristic
• medical research: Scientific investigation to improve medical knowledge and treatments.
• go on: To continue doing something
• chronic: Always or often doing something, e.g. lying
• mental: Concerning the mind
• vital: Needed to support life; essential
• concept: Abstract idea of something or how it works
• term: Conditions applying to an agreement, contract
• prone: Lying flat with your head facing the ground
• plenty: When there is not too little of something; a lot
• effective: Working efficiently to produce a desired result
• disease: Illness that affects a person, animal, or plant
• metaphor: Imaginative use of words to reveal a similarity
• stress: To emphasize one or more parts of a word, sentence
• hormone: Chemical produced by the body to control functions
• capable: Being able to do something very well; proficient
• inflammation: Painful swelling in the body due to illness
• pressure: Anxiety caused by difficult problems
• research: To study in order to discover new ideas and facts
• increase: To make or become larger in size or amount
• exist: To be present, alive or real
• function: Social event, or party such as a wedding
• exercise: To work out to become stronger and healthier
• wonder: Surprise caused by experiencing something amazing
• mean: Average of a set of numbers
• brain: To strike someone forcefully on the head
• adapt: To change something for a different function
• benefit: Good result or effect, something advantageous
• form: Sports team or person's current winning record
• primarily: In the most basic or important way
• religious: Following the rules and beliefs of a faith
• rigorous: Very strict and often difficult; thorough
• rigid: Stiff rather than flexible
• profile: To write a short description of a person or group
• insulin: Substance in the body processing sugar into energy
• rate: To assess something or consider its qualities
• diet: To eat special or less food, as to lose weight
• break: To create a new record e.g. running the 100m dash
• mild: Gentle in nature or behavior
• acute: (Of an angle in math) of less than 90 degrees
• prove: To demonstrate truth by providing evidence
• totally: In a complete way; completely; absolutely
• decrease: To reduce the size, amount or number of something
• starve: To (cause to) be hungry or go without food
• beneficial: Giving an advantage, having a helpful effect
• promise: To say you will certainly do something
• benign: (Of cancer) not harmful or too serious
• fill: To make something full
• alternate: To follow one thing after another repeatedly
• rotation: Regular change of the crops grown in a field
• intermittent: Occurring at irregular times; off and on
• difficult: Hard; not easy; you need to work hard to do it
• cellular: Concerning a cell of a living thing
• make: To arrange or prepare something e.g. dinner
• hormonal: Concerning or caused by hormones in the body
• skip: Very large waste disposal bin
• prevention: Act of stopping something bad from happening
• lab: Short for 'laboratory'
• borderline: Line dividing two areas or categories
• favorable: When a good result or positive outcome is likely
• fog: Cloudy air that makes seeing things difficult
• heartburn: Burning sensation in the chest, e.g. indigestion