The Reading / Listening - Flavonoids - Level 0

We are living longer, so more people have dementia. Fruit and vegetables can cut dementia by over 30%. Flavonoids in food give our brain oxygen. Flavonoids give food like blueberries, oranges, peppers and strawberries their colour. A researcher said colourful food with flavonoids is good for long-term brain health.

Researchers studied 77,000 people for 20 years. People who ate more flavonoids were 38 per cent less likely to get dementia. Older people could feel four years younger. A researcher said flavonoids can really help our thinking skills as we get older. He said: "Adding colour to your plate may lower the risk of cognitive decline."

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Sources
  • https://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/colorful-fruit-and-veg-may-reduce-risk-of-cognitive-decline#Subjective-cognitive-decline
  • https://edition.cnn.com/2021/07/28/health/flavonoid-cognitive-decline-study-wellness/index.html
  • https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/healthy-diet-could-cut-risk-24638889


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Phrase Matching

Paragraph 1

  1. We are living
  2. more people have
  3. vegetables can
  4. Flavonoids in
  5. give our brain
  6. food like
  7. colourful food
  8. good for long-
  1. food
  2. with flavonoids
  3. blueberries
  4. term brain health
  5. dementia
  6. oxygen
  7. longer
  8. cut dementia

Paragraph 2

  1. Researchers studied 77,000 people
  2. People who ate
  3. 38 per cent less
  4. people could feel four
  5. flavonoids can really help our
  6. as we
  7. Adding colour
  8. lower the risk
  1. thinking skills
  2. to your plate
  3. more flavonoids
  4. of cognitive decline
  5. years younger
  6. for 20 years
  7. get older
  8. likely to get dementia

Listening — Listen and fill in the gaps

We (1) ___________________, so more people have dementia. Fruit and vegetables (2) ___________________ by over 30%. Flavonoids (3) ___________________ our brain oxygen. Flavonoids (4) ___________________ blueberries, oranges, peppers and (5) ___________________. A researcher said colourful food with flavonoids is good (6) ___________________ brain health.

Researchers studied 77,000 (7) ___________________ years. People (8) ___________________ flavonoids were 38 per cent less likely to get dementia. Older people (9) ___________________ years younger. A researcher said flavonoids (10) ___________________ our thinking skills as (11) ___________________. He said: "Adding colour to your plate may lower (12) ___________________ cognitive decline."

Put a slash (/) where the spaces are

Wearelivinglonger,somorepeoplehavedementia.Fruitandvegetable
scancutdementiabyover30%.Flavonoidsinfoodgiveourbrainoxygen.
Flavonoidsgivefoodlikeblueberries,oranges,peppersandstrawberrie
stheircolour.Aresearchersaidcolourfulfoodwithflavonoidsisgoodforl
ong-termbrainhealth.Researchersstudied77,000peoplefor20year
s.Peoplewhoatemoreflavonoidswere38percentlesslikelytogetdeme
ntia.Olderpeoplecouldfeelfouryearsyounger.Aresearchersaidflavon
oidscanreallyhelpourthinkingskillsaswegetolder.Hesaid:"Addingcol
ourtoyourplatemaylowertheriskofcognitivedecline."

Student survey

Write five GOOD questions about this topic in the table. Do this in pairs. Each student must write the questions on his / her own paper. When you have finished, interview other students. Write down their answers.

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Discussion — Write your own questions

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Free writing

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