Shadowing Practice: READING EXPLORER 2 Unit 1A SWEET LOVE - Learn English Speaking with Video

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Unit 1.
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A sweet a love.
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Many scientists believe our love of sugar may actually be an addiction.
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When we eat or drink sugary foods, the sugar enters our blood and affects the parts of our brain that make us feel good.
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Then the good feeling goes away, leaving us wanting more.
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All tasty foods do this, but sugar has a particularly strong effect.
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In this way, it is, in fact, an addictive drug, one that doctors recommend we all cut down on.
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B. It seems like every time I study an illness and trace a path to the first cause, I find my way back to sugar, says scientist Richard Johnson.
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One third of adults worldwide have high blood pressure, and up to 347 million have diabetes.
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Why?
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Sugar, we believe, is one of the culprits, if not the major culprit, says Johnson.
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See, our bodies are designed to survive on very little sugar.
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Early humans often had very little food, so our bodies learned to be very efficient in storing sugar as fat.
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In this way, we had energy stored for when there was no food.
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But today, most people have more than enough, so the very thing that once saved us may now be killing us.
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D. So what is the solution?
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It's obvious that we need to eat less sugar.
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The trouble is, in today's world, it's extremely difficult to avoid.
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From breakfast cereals to after-dinner desserts, our foods are increasingly filled with it.
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Some manufacturers even use sugar to replace taste in foods that are advertised as low in fat.
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So, while the foods appear to be healthier, large amounts of sugar are often added.
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E. But some people are fighting back against sugar and trying to create a healthier environment.
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Many schools are replacing sugary desserts with healthier options like fruit.
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Other schools are trying to encourage exercise by building facilities like walking tracks so students and others in the community can exercise.
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The battle has not yet been lost.
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