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In the given question, a passage with seven blanks labeled (A) – (G) is given. You are required to fill the correct word in the blanks.
If there was such a thing as a perfect food, eggs would be a ___(A)___. They’re readily available, easy to cook, affordable and packed with protein. Eating eggs alongside other food can help our bodies ___(B)___ more vitamins, too. For example, one study found that adding an egg to salad can increase how much vitamin E we get from the salad.
But for decades, eating eggs has also been ___(C)___ due to their high cholesterol content – which some studies have linked to an increased risk of heart disease. One egg yolk ___(D)___ around 185 milligrams of cholesterol, which is more than half of the 300mg daily amount of cholesterol that the US dietary guidelines ___(E)___ until recently.
Does that mean eggs, rather than being an ideal food, might actually be doing us ___(F)___? Cholesterol, a yellowish fat produced in our liver and intestines, can be found in every one of our body’s cells. We normally think of it as “bad”. But cholesterol is a ___(G)___ building block in our cell membranes. It also is needed for the body to make vitamin D, and the hormones testosterone and oestrogen.
In the given question, a passage with seven blanks labeled (A) – (G) is given. You are required to fill the correct word in the blanks.
If there was such a thing as a perfect food, eggs would be a ___(A)___. They’re readily available, easy to cook, affordable and packed with protein. Eating eggs alongside other food can help our bodies ___(B)___ more vitamins, too. For example, one study found that adding an egg to salad can increase how much vitamin E we get from the salad.
But for decades, eating eggs has also been ___(C)___ due to their high cholesterol content – which some studies have linked to an increased risk of heart disease. One egg yolk ___(D)___ around 185 milligrams of cholesterol, which is more than half of the 300mg daily amount of cholesterol that the US dietary guidelines ___(E)___ until recently.
Does that mean eggs, rather than being an ideal food, might actually be doing us ___(F)___? Cholesterol, a yellowish fat produced in our liver and intestines, can be found in every one of our body’s cells. We normally think of it as “bad”. But cholesterol is a ___(G)___ building block in our cell membranes. It also is needed for the body to make vitamin D, and the hormones testosterone and oestrogen.
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