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 how vitamin D might help fight brain diseases such as dementia.

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

Discussion Questions:

  1. Before reading this article, what did you know about vitamin D?
  2. Do you think maintaining healthy vitamin D levels could be an important part of preventing dementia? Why or why not?
  3. Should older adults be encouraged to take vitamin D supplements even before scientists have confirmed their benefits for dementia?
  4. What other lifestyle habits do you think might help maintain brain health as people age?
  5. What healthy habits do you adopt to support your brain health?
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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.

Looking forward to more entries from you!

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