Many people have difficulty maintaining a healthy diet. What are the causes of this problem? How could it be solved?
These days many
people
struggle to eat healthy food
consistently. A primary cause of this
trend is the availability of cheap and quick dining options for people
who don’t make time
to prepare healthy food
at home. For these people
, the solution involves allocating more time
for grocery shopping and cooking.
Many people
have a poor diet because they don’t set aside the required time
to eat healthier options. Without question, balancing work, school, family, and social activities can be very challenging. One way people
deal with competing obligations is to cut corners whenever possible, but especially when it comes to food
. Fast food
and packaged microwaveable food
are both easy to find and relatively inexpensive. Unfortunately, they also
tend to be less healthy than foods cooked at home with fresh ingredients. Nevertheless
, in order to save time
, many people
are willing to consume these unhealthy foods.
The only real solution to this
problem is to set aside more time
to shop for healthy food
and prepare it at home. For some people
, this
may seem impossible. A working parent, for example
, probably does not want to spend precious hours in the kitchen cooking when that time
could be spent with the kids. With just a little bit of online research, however
, this
parent could find many healthy recipes that do not take a long time
to prepare. For example
, a simple pasta or rice dish with vegetables can be ready in 20-30 minutes, offering much more nutritional value than a hamburger and french fries. Alternatively, some people
set aside time
on the weekends to cook large batches of food
that can be reheated during the week. With advanced planning like this
, it should be possible to replace at least some unhealthy meals with home-cooked options on a regular basis.
To conclude, even though time
is extremely limited for many people
today, it is important to resist the temptation to take shortcuts in the kitchen. Healthy eating may require effort and planning, but prioritizing healthy eating is necessary to maintain good health.Submitted by ninomujiri on
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Use cohesive linking words accurately and appropriately
Linking words are very important in your essay.
To score effectively on your IELTS exam, you should make an effort to implement short concise sentences coupled with linking words.
Almost every sentence in your essay should have a linking word of some sort.
In fact, the only sentences that can omit linking words are your background sentence and thesis.
Linking word examples:
- firstly
- secondly
- thirdly
- in additional
- moreover
- also
- for example
- for instance
- therefore
- however
- although
- even though
- despite