Inglês - PROF. Ms. JAMIL JUNIOR

Text I - HEALTH NEWS

  The morning after

  Do you suffer from hangovers? Too many glasses of that wonderful red wine and the next day you have a throbbing headache.

  Jeffrey Wiese, a professor at Tulane University, discovered hangovers cost the USA $148 million a year in lost working hours.

  Researchers have identified the cause of hangovers: the chemical compound congener. One product, Chaser, uses charcoal and calcium carbonate to absorb these compounds and the results are impressive. You just take a pill before drinking each glass of alcohol, but be careful: it doesn't stop you from getting drunk!

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Text II - SALT WARS

  The British government has a new enemy: salt. Salt causes high blood pressure and 120,000 heart attacks in Britain each year. How does salt do this? A high level of salt causes water retention, so there is more blood for the heart to pump and blood pressure goes up.

  The problem isn't the salt on your table at home, it is the salt processed food and bread. We consume 9.5 grams per day, but we only need 6 grams. The British government wants producers of breakfast cereals, pizza, soups and biscuits to reduce salt levels, but this is a problem because salt is used in food products for many reasons, from adding flavour to controlling fermentation and preservation.

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Text III - FIT LIKE PITT

  Finally, some good news: we can ignore those adverts that guarantee perfect abdominals.

  We can forget those horrific exercises. Every single person has perfect abdominal muscles, just like Brad Pitt (on the left, in FIGHT CLUB). The problem is that they are invisible. They are covered by fat. The abdominal exercise machines do not help burn this fat, so what we need is a good diet and to go running!

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