Read an email from Eric to a friend, Juan. Choose the best word or phrase for each space. (5 questions)
Hi Juan,
How are things? You can't get Channel 62 in your country, can you? There was a cool program on last night about healthy eating.
One of the main things was the advice about reading stuff on the internet. The presenter – she was a scientist – said that, (36)___________ all these websites talking about detox, it's a myth that you can eat certain things to do that. Our organs actually detox naturally.
She also said that there are some (37)___________ which are good for you – I didn't know that! She suggested eating salad with olive oil or having nuts, for example, because these things protect our organs.
There was also a guy on the program who tried only eating junk food for a month, and he said that he felt terrible. The scientist said that this kind of food is not really (38)___________, although it gives you lots of calories. The problem is that it is low in vitamins and other things which our bodies need.
At the end of the program, she said that it was important for governments to (39)___________ healthy living – for example, by stopping companies advertising candy and soda during children's TV programs.
But, at the end of the program, her (40)___________ was that we all need to do a lot more to stay healthy, because so many children in countries all around the world are obese.
1(36) | A. despite | B. in spite | C. although | D. though |