Is it possible to listen to your body when you eat?
Key words for this article:intuitive,
diet,
attitude,
healthy,
full,
hungry,
choice
2. Reading 1
Intuitive Eating
Although most diets vary according to what foods you can eat, they all follow the same principle: to lose weight, you need to eat less. Never mind that evidence shows few diets work in the long term.
Now the trend of intuitive eating is in a sense, an anti-diet: different rules. Intuitive eating means eating what your body needs.
Mini-question:
3. Reading 2
The concept of intuitive eating was proposed by nutritionists Evelyn Tribole and Elyse Resch: listen to your hunger. Eat when you're hungry. Stop when you feel full. Don’t label foods as “good” or “bad”.
True or False:
4. Reading 3
Intuitive eaters practise recognising hunger and fullness. They pay attention to how they feel and when to stop eating.
Mini-question:
5. Reading 4
Some people believe intuitive eating helps create a positive attitude towards food and can avoid the “yo-yo” of diets.
What does “positive attitude” mean?
6. Reading 5
Recent studies show intuitive eaters gain a healthier attitude towards food. They don’t restrict foods but focus on healthy choices.
True or False:
7. Speaking: Spin & Speak!
Click Spin, and make a sentence with the word!
Say your sentence aloud. (You can use the Windows Voice Recorder or any phone app to record yourself.)
8. Vocabulary Sort!
Drag words to Positive/Negative:
attitude
avoid
hungry
healthy
diet
choice
😊 Positive
🙁 Negative
9. Quiz: Check yourself
Which is NOT true about intuitive eating?
Choose the key word: "A way of thinking or feeling about something"
