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b @17 Listento six people each answering one question from Your food profile. Match each speaker to the question he or she is answering. 5 Emma Rob Sarah James John Sean € Listen again and write their answers. Compare with a partner d_ Ask and answer the questions with a partner. What do you have in common? 4 READING a. Talk to a partner. What time do you usually...? get up have lunch have breakfast have dinner do exercise go to bed have a coffee b Read the article once. Do you or your partner do any of the things in a at the times the article recommends? © Read the article again. Answer the questions with a partner. 1. Why is itimportant to have breakfast every day when you're a teenager? 2 What effect does caffeine have on us if we drink itbetween 2.00 and 5.00 p.m.? 3. What's the difference between having steak and chips for lunch and having it for dinner? 4 Why should an early evening meal be ‘delicious’? 5 What's the best physical activity to do 2} early in the morning, b) in the afternoon? 6 Why does the body produce melatonin? Search the text and find six parts of the body. Which do we a) have one of, b) two of, ¢) more than two of? 1 he 4 br 2st 5S mu 3 ii 6 ly @ Answer the questions with a partner. 1. Doyou believe all the information in this article? Why (not)? Give examples from your own experience 2 Would you consider changing any of your habits based on this information? Eat and drink - but at the right time! In our super-busy 21st-century lives, most of us try to do as much {as we can in 24 hours. However, we usually do things whenever it suits us, and experts say that this is disrupting our body's Natural cycle, making us fee! tired at fimes when we should feel ‘awake, and vice versa. Science shows that by doing things at the right time, we can be happier and healthier. Have breakfast at 8.00 a.m. Ina recent study, researchers found having breakfast at this time is {900d for our blood sugar leve's, so the food you eat now will give you the energy you need. I's also important not to skip breakfast. ‘Another research team, from Sweden, suggested that people who ate o regular breakfast as teenagers were 32%6 less likely to be at risk of heart disease as adults, Don't drink coffee in the morning. Have one at 3.00 p.m. Most coffee drinkers make a cup as soon as they wake 5 Up. Howover, researchers have suggested that early ‘morning is the worst time to dink coffee, because it stops the body from producing the stress hormone cortisol, which we need at this time: fohelp us to wake up. The best time to dink coffee - or caffeine in general is between 2.00 pm. and 5.00 pm, when it can ‘make us more mentally alert, according toa study carried out by the University of Sheffield « few years ago. Have lunch between 12.00 and 2.00 This is when our body digests food best, because this is when the stomach produces most acid. So's the idea! time to have your main meal of the day, An experiment by nutilionisis at the University of Surrey found that blood glucose levels after an evening meal were Fruch higher than when people had the same meal eattier in he day, and high levels of glucose can cause diabetes. Have dinner at 7.00 p.m. Have your evening mec! early. It should be delicious - our ‘senso of smell and taste cre at their bost at this tme — but light. ‘And if you want a small gloss of wine, have it before dinner, as 630 is when the lver is most efficient at dealing with alcohol More good times for your body * Ideally, you should get up when the sun rises. When we see daylight, we stop producing the sleep hormone melatonin and start getting ready for he day ahead. * Do yoga or go for a walk before breakfast: * Do important tosks at 17.00 a.m., when your brain is working best, = + Weighting sessions are best done at midday thats when your’; muscles are strongest é + The best jime fo run or cycles 5.00 pm. when your lung g capacity important or endurance sporisisatifs greatest. = + Golo bed between 900pm.and 1100pm.Thisswhenyour = body lemperature starts fo go down and the brain begins 3 producing melatonin,

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