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A Healthy Start pg 25
It is important to eat a healthy breakfast at the start of every day to provide your body
with nourishing food. This helps your blood sugar levels stay stable and can help you to
maintain a healthy weight, because you’re not binge-eating later on when you’re hungry.
If you eat a healthy breakfast, you’ll be able to concentrate better in school and
feel better too!
Eggs are a good breakfast food because they are high in protein and “good” fats.
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Breakfast is the
most important
meal of the day.
W
hen you wake up your body
needs replenishing with a healthy
breakfast (‘break’ the ‘fast’). Eating
nourishing food in the morning ensures
your blood sugar remains stable. Studies
show that overweight and obese people
often skip breakfast, but starving yourself
in the morning, means you're more likely
to make bad food choices or binge-eat.
Eggs are a popular high-protein breakfast
food. One egg contains two-thirds of the
body’s daily recommended fat intake, of
which half are good fats or low density
lipoproteins. The dietary cholesterol in
an egg only has a small effect on blood
cholesterol levels, so it’s safe for healthy
people to eat an egg every day. Chicken
eggs are a great source of protein, most
vitamins and especially vitamin B12.
A healthy breakfast energises your mind
and body, keeps your moods stable and
helps you focus on your daily tasks, whether
you’re at school, playing sport or working.
There are many healthy ways to prepare
eggs: poached, boiled, scrambled or in an
omelette. This delicious omelette (right)
serves one; double the ingredients for two.
Memory loss is
getting younger
forget aBout dementia
Being just for the elderly.
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iSTOCK; PHOTOS.COM; KATE STEWART
hen we hear the word
dementia, most people
think it is a condition of the
elderly. Few people however know what
dementia actually is, and generally, the
condition is put down to something
that ‘just happens’ as we get older.
Not being able to remember things or
people, talking incoherently, not knowing
who or where you are, are symptoms
we associate with dementia. In reality,
the condition is far more complex.
The term dementia is used to describe the
symptoms of a large group of illnesses
that cause a progressive decline in a
person’s functioning. It is a broad term
used to describe a loss of memory, intellect,
rationality, social skills and what would be
considered normal emotional reactions.
Therefore, dementia is not a specific
disease, but rather an umbrella term for a
variety of symptoms that may accompany
or indicate certain diseases or conditions.
More than 60 different conditions are
known to cause dementia symptoms.
Importantly, dementia is not a condition
restricted to the elderly and younger people
can suffer from early onset dementia.
Alzheimers Australia says younger
onset dementia affects about
10,000 people under the age of
65, including some teenagers.
Alzheimers Australia National Director,
Glenn Rees, says the condition is often
healthy MIND
inaccurately
diagnosed
because doctors
believe the disease
only affects older people.
“There are many things that need
to be done but the issues of major concern
are around better and earlier diagnosis
of dementia, so that people don’t have to
wait years for a diagnosis, and secondly
to create services that respond flexibly to
the needs of younger people,” he says.
For more information on dementia, visit
www.dementiacareaustralia.com
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Activity 1
Reading for meaning
Read A Healthy Start and One-Person Vegie Omelette on page 25.
Shade one bubble.
1. Why is it important to eat a healthy breakfast every morning?
□ it keeps your blood flowing
□ it keeps your blood sugar stable
□ it makes you hungry
2. A healthy breakfast energises your mind and body.
□ true
□ false
3. How much of our recommended fat intake does one egg contain?
□ all of it
□ one third
□ two thirds
4. How many eggs will you need to make this omelette recipe?
□ 1 medium egg
□ 1 small egg
□ 2 eggs
5. Apart from egg, what is another ingredient of this omelette recipe?
□ grated cheese
□ half a medium zucchini
□ bacon
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6. “Vegie omelette” means
□ it contains no meat
□ it is entirely made of vegetables
□ it contains vegetables and meat
7. Number the boxes 1, 2 and 3 to show the correct order for making the omelette.
Write one number in each box.
□ serve with toast
□ beat the eggs with a fork
□ cook the eggs with the vegetables
Activity 2
Spelling
The spelling mistakes on these labels have been circled.
Write the correct spelling for each circled word in the box.
bakon
fryed
eggs
brekfast
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Activity 4
Make a shopping list for the ingredients in this recipe.
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Activity 5 Writing a procedure
A procedure tells us the how to do something, such as instructions for how to carry out a
task.
What is your favourite breakfast recipe?
Write the procedure for making your favourite healthy breakfast.
pancakes
eggs and bacon
sausages
Name of your recipe
Ingredients
Method
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