Pre-reading questions:
- Do you have food allergies?
- Do you like eating shrimp?
- What way do you like it to be cooked?
Doctors believed that eating shrimp may lead to heart diseases due to its high levels of cholesterol. However, after years of research, it was found that shrimp is an excellent addition to a well-rounded diet since it contains useful nutrients; making it safer for people with high cholesterol to eat.
Shrimp contains minimal saturated fat and trans-fat despite the higher cholesterol levels. Both are considered as factors to increasing bad health cholesterol. Shrimp can also fight signs of aging, creates red blood cells, and even repairs tissues and cells. Seafoods like crab, salmon, and shells (clams, oysters and mussels) share the same benefits – less saturated fat, more good cholesterol.
Vocabulary:
excellent [adjective] – extremely good; outstanding
saturated fat [noun] – a type of fat found in meat, eggs, milk, cheese, etc.
trans-fat [noun] – is a specific type of fat formed when liquid fats are made into solid fats
consider [verb] – think carefully about something
repair [verb] – to restore to a good or sound condition
Comprehension Questions:
- What is the article about?
- What did the doctors believe?
- What does shrimp contain?
- What are the factors that increase bad health cholesterol?
- What are the other seafoods that share the same benefits with shrimp?
Express Your Opinion:
- Eating good food and having regular exercise can make you healthy.
- Living a healthy life can make you live longer.