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needed for muscle and nerve activity. Salt (sodium

chloride) is the main source of sodium in the UK diet,

5 but the majority of us eat much more salt than we need.

Eating too much salt over time is linked with high-blood

pressure, which can lead to serious problems such as

heart disease or stroke.

On average, adults in the UK eat about 8.1g of salt

10 (3.2g sodium) a day. This may not sound like much, but

to reduce the risk of high blood pressure, it is

recommended that adults should not be eating more than

6g of salt (2.4g sodium) a day.

Salt intakes should be much lower than this for

15 babies and children. Babies under 12 months old should

have less than 1g of salt a day. The daily recommended

maximum amount of salt children should eat depends

on their age:

1 to 3 years – 2g of salt a day (0.8g sodium)

20 4 to 6 years – 3g of salt a day (1.2g sodium)

7 to 10 years – 5g of salt a day (2g sodium)

11 years and over – 6g of salt a day (2.4g sodium)

As salt is often a ‘hidden’ ingredient in many foods,

it can sometimes be difficult to work out how much you

25 are eating. Some foods, such as crisps, olives, cheese

and bacon, taste obviously salty but other foods can

contribute a lot of salt to our diet without us realizing.

The salt we add during cooking and at the table

makes up only a small amount of salt in our diets. Around

30 75% of the salt we eat comes from ready-made and

processed foods, such as bread, breakfast cereals, soups

and baked beans. Even sweet things, such as biscuits,

can have salt added to them.

To keep track of your salt intake, get into the habit

35 of reading the nutritional information on food labels, where

you will find the salt content for a 100g serving. Try to eat

those foods that are high in salt less often or in smaller

amounts. As a rough guide:

a high amount of salt is more than 1.5g per 100g

40 a low amount of salt is 0.3g per 100g

Effervescent vitamin supplements or effervescent

painkillers can contain up to 1g of salt per tablet. Consider

changing to a non-effervescent tablet, particularly if you

have been advised to watch or reduce your salt intake.

45 Talk to your GP about alternatives if you have been

prescribed these medicines.

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Fill in the parentheses with T (True) or F (False).

 

It’s stated in the text:

 

( ) Lots of people can do without sodium on an everyday basis.

( ) British adults’ salt intake is usually higher than the recommended amount.

( ) The salt added during cooking is seen as the prime villain of people’s overdose intake.

( ) Too much salt consumption is believed to increase the risk of heart diseases.

 

The correct sequence, from top to bottom, is

 

If you’re like most Americans, you probably pop a

multivitamin or some other supplements every day. After

all, our diets are notoriously nutrient-deficient, and who

has time to eat good-for-you fruits and vegetables all the

5 time? A pill packed with the essentials for combating

cell damage seems like a good back-up plan to keep the

body fueled with the vitamins and minerals it needs.

Except that the latest studies don’t support that idea.

Here’s what the latest data show.

10 In its most recent recommendation, the U.S.

Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF), a panel of

experts convened by the government to evaluate existing

studies and issue guidelines to help doctors treat their

patients, could not find enough evidence to support using

15 multivitamins to prevent heart disease and cancer. The

vitamins were believed to have antioxidant effects that

could fight inflammation and the oxidative damage to cells

that can trigger tumors. But the bulk of studies did not

support such a relationship.

20 Vitamin E and beta carotene do not protect against

heart disease and cancer. In fact, among people

vulnerable to lung cancer, beta carotene increased their

risk for developing tumors. Vitamin E did not show a

strong effect in lowering rates of either heart problems or

25 cancer, and some studies linked the supplement to a

higher risk of prostate cancer in men.

Also, after reviewing the available evidence in 2013,

the USPSTF concluded that there was not enough

evidence to support a connection between calcium

30 supplements and a lower risk of fractures. Healthy

women, it said, did not need to take the 1,000 mg of

daily calcium that most doctors had been recommending

to their patients. In fact, scientists from Germany and

Switzerland found the supplements could even do harm;

35 among a group of 24,000 adults followed for about 11

years, those who took calcium supplements had an 86%

increased risk of heart attack compared with those who

did not rely on the pills.

Despite this growing body of scientific evidence,

40 more than half of Americans take some type of vitamin,

mineral or nutritional supplement, spending nearly $12

billion a year on the pills. For most healthy adults who

are not medically deficient in these vitamins or nutrients,

however, doctors say that a healthy diet will likely provide

45 them with enough nutrients. And sometimes, too much

of the supplements can lead to their own problems, from

nausea and diarrhea from excessive vitamin C to very

serious swelling in the brain and eye damage due from

ingesting too much vitamin A. So when it comes to vitamin

50 supplements, you can probably save your money.

PARK, Alice. What You Don’t Know About Your Vitamins. Disponível em:  @aliceparkny. Acesso em:

Cosidering language use in the text, it’s correct to say:

 

If you’re like most Americans, you probably pop a

multivitamin or some other supplements every day. After

all, our diets are notoriously nutrient-deficient, and who

has time to eat good-for-you fruits and vegetables all the

5 time? A pill packed with the essentials for combating

cell damage seems like a good back-up plan to keep the

body fueled with the vitamins and minerals it needs.

Except that the latest studies don’t support that idea.

Here’s what the latest data show.

10 In its most recent recommendation, the U.S.

Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF), a panel of

experts convened by the government to evaluate existing

studies and issue guidelines to help doctors treat their

patients, could not find enough evidence to support using

15 multivitamins to prevent heart disease and cancer. The

vitamins were believed to have antioxidant effects that

could fight inflammation and the oxidative damage to cells

that can trigger tumors. But the bulk of studies did not

support such a relationship.

20 Vitamin E and beta carotene do not protect against

heart disease and cancer. In fact, among people

vulnerable to lung cancer, beta carotene increased their

risk for developing tumors. Vitamin E did not show a

strong effect in lowering rates of either heart problems or

25 cancer, and some studies linked the supplement to a

higher risk of prostate cancer in men.

Also, after reviewing the available evidence in 2013,

the USPSTF concluded that there was not enough

evidence to support a connection between calcium

30 supplements and a lower risk of fractures. Healthy

women, it said, did not need to take the 1,000 mg of

daily calcium that most doctors had been recommending

to their patients. In fact, scientists from Germany and

Switzerland found the supplements could even do harm;

35 among a group of 24,000 adults followed for about 11

years, those who took calcium supplements had an 86%

increased risk of heart attack compared with those who

did not rely on the pills.

Despite this growing body of scientific evidence,

40 more than half of Americans take some type of vitamin,

mineral or nutritional supplement, spending nearly $12

billion a year on the pills. For most healthy adults who

are not medically deficient in these vitamins or nutrients,

however, doctors say that a healthy diet will likely provide

45 them with enough nutrients. And sometimes, too much

of the supplements can lead to their own problems, from

nausea and diarrhea from excessive vitamin C to very

serious swelling in the brain and eye damage due from

ingesting too much vitamin A. So when it comes to vitamin

50 supplements, you can probably save your money.

 

PARK, Alice. What You Don’t Know About Your Vitamins. Disponível em: < @aliceparkny>. Acesso em:

According to the USPSTF,

 

If you’re like most Americans, you probably pop a

multivitamin or some other supplements every day. After

all, our diets are notoriously nutrient-deficient, and who

has time to eat good-for-you fruits and vegetables all the

5 time? A pill packed with the essentials for combating

cell damage seems like a good back-up plan to keep the

body fueled with the vitamins and minerals it needs.

Except that the latest studies don’t support that idea.

Here’s what the latest data show.

10 In its most recent recommendation, the U.S.

Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF), a panel of

experts convened by the government to evaluate existing

studies and issue guidelines to help doctors treat their

patients, could not find enough evidence to support using

15 multivitamins to prevent heart disease and cancer. The

vitamins were believed to have antioxidant effects that

could fight inflammation and the oxidative damage to cells

that can trigger tumors. But the bulk of studies did not

support such a relationship.

20 Vitamin E and beta carotene do not protect against

heart disease and cancer. In fact, among people

vulnerable to lung cancer, beta carotene increased their

risk for developing tumors. Vitamin E did not show a

strong effect in lowering rates of either heart problems or

25 cancer, and some studies linked the supplement to a

higher risk of prostate cancer in men.

Also, after reviewing the available evidence in 2013,

the USPSTF concluded that there was not enough

evidence to support a connection between calcium

30 supplements and a lower risk of fractures. Healthy

women, it said, did not need to take the 1,000 mg of

daily calcium that most doctors had been recommending

to their patients. In fact, scientists from Germany and

Switzerland found the supplements could even do harm;

35 among a group of 24,000 adults followed for about 11

years, those who took calcium supplements had an 86%

increased risk of heart attack compared with those who

did not rely on the pills.

Despite this growing body of scientific evidence,

40 more than half of Americans take some type of vitamin,

mineral or nutritional supplement, spending nearly $12

billion a year on the pills. For most healthy adults who

are not medically deficient in these vitamins or nutrients,

however, doctors say that a healthy diet will likely provide

45 them with enough nutrients. And sometimes, too much

of the supplements can lead to their own problems, from

nausea and diarrhea from excessive vitamin C to very

serious swelling in the brain and eye damage due from

ingesting too much vitamin A. So when it comes to vitamin

50 supplements, you can probably save your money.

 

PARK, Alice. What You Don’t Know About Your Vitamins. Disponível em: < @aliceparkny>. Acesso em:

Fill in the parentheses with T (True) or F (False). It’s stated in the text:

 

( ) Americans are cutting down on their multivitamin supplements intake.

( ) People don’t usually eat healthy foods like fruit and vegetables.

( ) Multivitamin tablets have often been used to replace the nutrients furnished by fruit and vegetables.

( ) Recent studies have shown that most nutrients can be found in the new generation of pills.

 

The correct sequence, from top to bottom, is

If you’re like most Americans, you probably pop a

multivitamin or some other supplements every day. After

all, our diets are notoriously nutrient-deficient, and who

has time to eat good-for-you fruits and vegetables all the

5 time? A pill packed with the essentials for combating

cell damage seems like a good back-up plan to keep the

body fueled with the vitamins and minerals it needs.

Except that the latest studies don’t support that idea.

Here’s what the latest data show.

10 In its most recent recommendation, the U.S.

Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF), a panel of

experts convened by the government to evaluate existing

studies and issue guidelines to help doctors treat their

patients, could not find enough evidence to support using

15 multivitamins to prevent heart disease and cancer. The

vitamins were believed to have antioxidant effects that

could fight inflammation and the oxidative damage to cells

that can trigger tumors. But the bulk of studies did not

support such a relationship.

20 Vitamin E and beta carotene do not protect against

heart disease and cancer. In fact, among people

vulnerable to lung cancer, beta carotene increased their

risk for developing tumors. Vitamin E did not show a

strong effect in lowering rates of either heart problems or

25 cancer, and some studies linked the supplement to a

higher risk of prostate cancer in men.

Also, after reviewing the available evidence in 2013,

the USPSTF concluded that there was not enough

evidence to support a connection between calcium

30 supplements and a lower risk of fractures. Healthy

women, it said, did not need to take the 1,000 mg of

daily calcium that most doctors had been recommending

to their patients. In fact, scientists from Germany and

Switzerland found the supplements could even do harm;

35 among a group of 24,000 adults followed for about 11

years, those who took calcium supplements had an 86%

increased risk of heart attack compared with those who

did not rely on the pills.

Despite this growing body of scientific evidence,

40 more than half of Americans take some type of vitamin,

mineral or nutritional supplement, spending nearly $12

billion a year on the pills. For most healthy adults who

are not medically deficient in these vitamins or nutrients,

however, doctors say that a healthy diet will likely provide

45 them with enough nutrients. And sometimes, too much

of the supplements can lead to their own problems, from

nausea and diarrhea from excessive vitamin C to very

serious swelling in the brain and eye damage due from

ingesting too much vitamin A. So when it comes to vitamin

50 supplements, you can probably save your money.

PARK, Alice. What You Don’t Know About Your Vitamins. Disponível em: < @aliceparkny>. Acesso em:

 

The main idea of this text is that supplements

Complete o texto abaixo usando can, could e be allowed to.

 

Ken and I went camping in South Carolina last July. As you probably know, it (1) _____ rain a lot on the coast, even in mid-summer, and the day we arrived we (2) _____ believe how heavy the rain was. Eventually we found a place to set up the tent, in a field next to a beach. We had a new tent – the advertisement for it said, ‘This tent (3) _____ be assembled in two minutes with no previous experience.’ What a joke! Now, there (4) _____ be many people who haven’t had difficulty putting up a tent at some time, but it took us more than two hours. And then, just as it was finished, a man came along and said that we (5) _____ camp there – it was private property. So we had to take the tent down again. Then Ken just said, ‘Well, we (6) _____ stay here all night. Let’s go to that hostel in the last town we drove through. ‘Unfortunately, when we got there it was full. But they were very nice and we (7) _____ camp at the end of their backyard! What a vacation!

 

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