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A balanced diet, or eating balanced meals, is the key to a healthy life. To
what extent do you agree or disagree with this statement? Give reasons for your
answer.
Although a balanced diet is important, there are other factors which
contribute to a healthy life. People in some cultures do not eat a balanced
diet, but use limited food sources. In addition, lack of stress could well be as
important as diet.
One culture-related reason concerns environmental or climatic conditions.
The Inuit, in the Arctic Circle, live in harsh surroundings and their major
source of food for many months of the year is fish. Nutritionists in
industrialized countries would not consider their diet balanced or even healthy,
yet Inuit people have flourished in food from the sea for centuries. Another
cultural reason is religion-based. Many Hindus are vegetarians because of their
religion. Again, many dieticians claim that vegetarianism is unbalanced because
humans need protein, especially from animals. Hindus, however, seem to be quite
healthy, suffering no ill effects from the lack of animal protein.
The major reason for disagreeing with the balanced diet argument, however,
is to do with stress. Even though people in the past did not always have a
balanced diet, something existing only on potatoes and bread, they lived healthy
lives because there afflicts urban residents today. Secondly, there is a large
percentage of contemporary people who do their jobs, then relax in front of the
TV, and quite often eat junk food. But seem healthy enough. They may be spared
disease by their relatively stress-free lives.
In conclusion, although it is undeniable that a balanced diet is of some
importance to health, there are no doubt more factors that may get involved in
affecting people's health. For example, in terms of living environment, climate
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发表于 2016-7-10 15:21:41