PRE-INTERMEDIATE WRITING TASK 2

2021-2022 RESPONSE TASK SHEET PERIOD 2 WEEK 5

Assignment Date: 21.12.2021

Submission Date: 21.12.2021 by 23.59

Name and surname:Eren Cam BAYRAK

Student Number:210138012
Class:PIN Z-03

Read the text on “Nutrition” below.

SUMMARIZE the main points of the reading passage. And DISCUSS (write your idea) whether
people should eat healthy food to have a healthy mind. Make sure you complete both parts of the
prompt. You are advised not to copy sentences or chunks from the text. (130-180 words.)

FREE YOUR MIND

We have known about the link between what we eat and our physical health for a long
time. Recently, we have learned more about the link between our diet and our mind.
The Mental Health Foundation produced a report called Feeding Minds. The report
states that the brain is a physical part of our body that needs the correct food to work
properly, just like the heart. This food should contain carbohydrates, vitamins and fish
There is also research that shows how a good diet can improve the behaviour of
children and their concentration.
Daniel Brown, the head teacher of Barnet School, says that after his school stopped selling junk food, there was an
increase in the students’ concentration levels.
With regard to serious mental illnesses, Jacka (2010) and Sanchez-Villegas (2019) say that eating fruit, vegetables
and fish helps to prevent depression, but eating a lot of sugar makes depression more likely. Some research also
reveals that a healthy diet can prevent Alzheimer’s (a serious mental health problem for the elderly) (McCulloch and
Ryrie, 2006).
However, many medical professionals feel that the research by Jacka and Sanchez-Villegas is early research, and that
we need to test their claims. Dr John Powell, a psychologist, thinks that although many of his patients with
depression have a poor diet, that is probably not the reason for their illness.
The research recommends that we eat particular food for particular mental health issues. To improve your memory,
eat salmon and nuts. To improve your concentration, eat vegetables. If you have problems sleeping, eat nuts. If
depression is a problem, eat brown rice.
Overall, it seems clear that we need to eat healthy food for our mind. Although we do not fully understand the link
between the two, we suggest that people should keep a healthy diet so that they can keep a healthy life.

Adapted from New Language Leader Pre-Intermediate, p.32

You can use the box below to take notes. Your notes will not be evaluated.
___________________The Summary of Free Your Mind___

The writer tells us about the effect of eating foods on our minds in the first paragraph. He/she says,
eating healthy foods is good for our heart and brain health. In addition, eating healthy foods
improves and changes our concentration and our behaviour, In the second, third and fourth
paragraphs.

The Finally

The writer says to us, eating fruit and vegetables obstacle illness. For example, if we eat fruit, ıt will
prevent mental illness.

In my view,

If we want to have a healthy mind, we should not eat unhealthy foods.

Especially we should not eat foods that include sugar because sugar prevents feeling calm and ıt can
be diabetes us.

As a result, we should eat vegetables, fruit, and other healthy foods.

One clear example, if we take fish oil tablets every day, our memory improves and we can easily
memorize.

To sum up,

there are lots of benefits to eating healthy foods.

These are improving memory and prevent being diabetes.