This article is about good aspect of Thanksgiving Day’s feast including turkey meat, cranberries, sweet potatoes, and pumpkin.
The first point the article makes is how nutritious and good for health about turkey meat is There
are two kinds of turkey meats, white and dark, and white meat is much healthier than dark
meat in terms of calories, protein, and total fat. And even dark turkey meats are much healthier than chicken.
Secondly, the issue of cranberries is discussed. Cranberries include antioxidants that protect us from cell damage, and protect us against heart diseases.
Thirdly, the report mentions that sweet potatoes and pumpkins are full of vitamin A and C, beta-carotene, and potassium. Beta-carotene is good for our immune system, and potassium makes our blood pressure stable. And pumpkin also contains fiber and pumpkin is low in fat and calories.
This article also mention that pecan nuts. Pecan is good for heart, because it includes healthy monounsaturated fats which are good fats and these fats are known to lower levels of bad (LDL) cholesterol.
Another point that is emphasized in this article is that those foods are nutritious and good for health when they are precooked, but that they tend to lose their good points by other foods cooked with them, such as food including a lot of sugar, butter and cream.
Finally, this article says that one huge unhealthy meal sometimes isn’t going to kill anyone. But we should not make it a habit.
In summary, most of the foods for Thanksgiving Day are good for health, but depending on how to cook them, they may become unhealthy. This report finally states that we should not make this feast a habit. Eating a lot occasionally is not that bad, but making it a habit is too bad for our health. It means that people tend to eat too much on Thanksgiving Day, and it continues for a month. Even on Thanksgiving Day, we should not eat a lot and that is a key for a healthy life.
>A is good for health. >B is bad for health. >という表現を、私たちのクラスでも何人かが使っていて、これをその時の先生は「不自然な表現です」と言われたのです。 >「その言い方は日本語の『健康にいい』というイメージからそのまま英語にしているのでは?」ということで(^oo^;)確かにその通りなんだけど・・。 >で、その先生のさじぇすちょんは・・。 >A is healthy. >B is unhealthy. >というものだったと思います。こんなんでええの(^oo^;)?と思ったのを覚えてます。