Low Levels of Vitamin D Might Hurt Your Brain

B2 – Upper Intermediate

As we know, vitamins are essential to our health and vitamin D helps protect the body from diseases like diabetes and cancer. A study says it might also prevent brain diseases called dementia.

Read the article below and be ready to talk about health.

http://learningenglish.voanews.com/a/low-levels-of-vitamin-d-might-hurt-your-brain/2974167.html

Discussion Questions:

1. Do you have a strict diet? Why or why not?
2. The article mentions dementia. What do you know about dementia?
3. How do you think poor memory affects one’s life?
4. Do you think taking supplements is a good idea, or should you get your vitamins from just food? Explain.

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2 replies on “Low Levels of Vitamin D Might Hurt Your Brain”

1-I don’t have a strict diet. I never have. However, I should say that I am eating more consciously than some years ago. Nowadays I try to balance my diet among meat, fish, vegetables, fruit, legumes, etc. Years ago I didn’t think much of what I ate. The reason I am more conscious now it’s because we all have more information about nutrition in general, people are trying to change their eating habits in order to be healthy or healthier.
2-Dementia is a disease usually suffered by older people, it affects their brain and creates confusion, loss of memory, etc.
3-Poor memory can affect the quality of life of a person and even be dangerous for the person. It prevents you from remembering memories, plans, or even where you are going or if you have or not have taken your medicine. As it gets worse, the person will need to be more dependent on others.
4-I think we should first get vitamin D from all foods that contain vitamin D. However, until it is not proven that supplements are efficient, I don’t think these are harmful, so I don’t discard taking supplements as well.

It’s great to have you on the Phoneenglish blog! Do your best in practicing your writing and we will be here along the way to help you improve.

Take a look at how you can revise the following sentences:

– Follow prepositional phrases of time with a comma. Ex. “Nowadays, …” and “Years ago, …”
– Better collocation. Ex: “to have a balanced diet”

Nowadays I try to balance my diet among meat, fish, vegetables, fruit, legumes, etc. Years ago I didn’t think much of what I ate.

Nowadays, I try to have a balanced my diet with meat, fish, vegetables, fruit, legumes, etc. Years ago, I didn’t think much of what I ate.

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