Chocolate Is Good For Your Heart… 9 класс

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Наталья Анатольевна
ГОУ СОШ № 79 Калининского района Санкт-Петербурга

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German chocolate is the healthiest in the world.

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b. A study looked at 20,000 people over an eight-year period. T/F
c. Researchers followed people who were on a chocolate diet. T/F
d. Researchers found white chocolate helped reduce heart attacks. T/F

more than heart attacks.

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f. Chemicals in chocolate called flavonols are not found in nature. T/F
g. The lead researcher warned people not to eat too much chocolate. T/F
h. The researcher suggested replacing sweets with chocolate. T/F

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1. A study ____________ out in Germany has

found that chocolate may be good for your heart. This is ____________ news for all chocolate ____________. The extensive research was conducted over eight years. The research team followed the chocolate-eating ____________ and health of almost 20,000 people. They compared how much chocolate was in their ____________ to the number of heart attacks and strokes people had. Lead researcher Brian Buijsse said: "The good news is that chocolate is not as bad as we used to think, and may even lower the ____________ of heart disease and stroke.” Mr Buijsse said his team found that dark chocolate was the healthiest ____________ to eat: "Dark chocolate exhibits the ____________ effects, milk chocolate fewer, and white chocolate no effects," he said.

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who ate the most chocolate (at ____________ one bar per

week) reduced their risk of having a heart attack by 27 per cent. The risk of suffering a stroke was ____________ by as much as 48 per cent. Nutrition ____________ believe that natural compounds in chocolate called flavonols are good for our heart. Flavonols also help reduce blood ____________. They are found in cocoa beans so dark chocolate (which has more cocoa) ____________ more of them than milk chocolate (which has more fat). Buijsse warns people not to ____________ eat lots of chocolate: "Eating higher amounts will most likely result in weight ____________. If people start eating small amounts of chocolate, it should replace something ____________, preferably other high-calorie sweets or snacks."

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b)What springs to mind when you hear the word ‘chocolate’?
c)How

important is chocolate in your life?
d)Will you eat more chocolate if it’s healthy for you?
e)What do you think of this research?
f)Do you prefer dark, milk or white chocolate (why)?
g)Have you changed your chocolate-eating habits since you were a child?
h)What part does chocolate play in your country’s culture?
i)Can you describe how you eat chocolate (what happens in your mouth)?
j)What’s the best chocolate in the world?