Read the text and choose the word that best completes each gap. There is an example at the beginning (0). What is the author's intention?
For as long as we have had concerns about our health, 0) there have been dietary solutions that promised to help us 1) lose weight, gain more energy and even raise our intelligence! Such diets are often very popular for a 2) few years, but soon lose their popularity. We call these diets fads'. One fad diet permits only foods that cavemen ate a million years 3) ago meat, berries and fish. Another allows only raw vegetables. Others are based around one type of food 4) such as grapefruit, bananas or cabbage soup. Many do not allow eating certain foods like bread. One fad diet recommends not eating at 5) all on one or even two days a week. The ideas behind these diets are sensible. Grapefruit and bananas are healthy as part 6) of a balanced diet. Raw vegetables are better 7) than cooked vegetables which have less nutrients. But fad diets can be dangerous. They are hard to follow and rarely achieve the results they promise. Any weight loss tends to be temporary. Eating correctly and exercising properly is the 8) best way to keep fit and healthy.
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Read the text and choose the word that best completes each gap. There is an example at the beginning (0). What is the author's intention?
For as long as we have had concerns about our health, 0) there have been dietary solutions that promised to help us 1) lose weight, gain more energy and even raise our intelligence! Such diets are often very popular for a 2) few years, but soon lose their popularity. We call these diets fads'. One fad diet permits only foods that cavemen ate a million years 3) ago meat, berries and fish. Another allows only raw vegetables. Others are based around one type of food 4) such as grapefruit, bananas or cabbage soup. Many do not allow eating certain foods like bread. One fad diet recommends not eating at 5) all on one or even two days a week. The ideas behind these diets are sensible. Grapefruit and bananas are healthy as part 6) of a balanced diet. Raw vegetables are better 7) than cooked vegetables which have less nutrients. But fad diets can be dangerous. They are hard to follow and rarely achieve the results they promise. Any weight loss tends to be temporary. Eating correctly and exercising properly is the 8) best way to keep fit and healthy.