PUT IN A SETNENCE: Bummed out
he was very bummed out when his doctor told him he was allergic to wheat.
DEFINE: cut DOWN/BACK on
reduced the number or amount
DEFINE: Going from bad to worse
getting worse as time goes by
DEFINE: Deficiency
lack of something that is necessary
DEFINE: Linked to
connected or caused by another situation or fact
PUT IN A SENTENCE: Linked to
PUT IN A SENTENCE: habit forming
DEFINE: Eliminate
Completely get rid of something that is unnecessary or unwanted
PUT IN A SENTENCE: Going from bad to worse
DEFINE: Prescribe
for a doctor to say what medicine or treatment a sick person should have
PUT IN A SENTENCE: Remedy
PUT IN A SENTENCE: Physician
PUT IN A SENTENCE: Alternatives
DEFINE: Long-term
Continuing for a long time in the future
DEFINE: Out of it
feeling weak, tired, sick, or depressed (informal)
DEFINE: Herbs
plants used in cooking or in treating some medical conditions
PUT IN A SENTENCE: Called in sick
Her boss was not happy when she CALLED IN SICK
PUT IN A SENTENCE: nutritionist
PUT IN A SENTENCE: Coming down with
I think I'm coming down with a cold
DEFINE: Portions
amount of food for one person
PUT IN A SENTENCE: Out of it
feeling weak, tired, sick, or depressed (informal)
PUT IN A SENTENCE: Turns out
PUT IN A SENTENCE: Portions
DEFINE: Diet
kind of food that someone eats each day
PUT IN A SENTENCE: cut DOWN/BACK on
PUT IN A SENTENCE: Eliminate
PUT IN A SENTENCE: Diet
PUT IN A SENTENCE: Restrict
PUT IN A SENTENCE: Drowsiness
DEFINE: Hypertension
high blood pressure
DEFINE: Cholesterol
Chemical substance found in fat, blood, and other cells in your body
PUT IN A SENTENCE: Epidemic
DEFINE: habit forming
addictive; having the possibility of causing a physical dependence
PUT IN A SENTENCE: Extreme
PUT IN A SENTENCE: Drawback
DEFINE: Turns out
have a particular result that one did not expect
DEFINE: Drawback
Disadvantage
DEFINE: Bummed out
upset, disappointed (informal) (A)
DEFINE: Call in sick
telephone one's workplace to say that one is sick and will not be coming to work
DEFINE: Drowsiness
sleepiness
DEFINE: Diabetes
serious disease in which there is too much sugar in your blood
PUT IN A SENTENCE: Hypertension
DEFINE: Side effect
an unwanted effect of a medicine, in addition to the main effect that the medicine is supposed to have
PUT IN A SENTENCE: Cholesterol
DEFINE: Extreme
Very unusual and severe; exaggerated
DEFINE: Alternatives
something that can be used instead of something else
DEFINE: Physician
a doctor
PUT IN A SENTENCE: Long-term
PUT IN A SENTENCE: Herbs
DEFINE: Coming down with
getting sick with
PUT IN A SENTENCE: Perscribe
DEFINE: Restrict
limit or control
DEFINE: nutritionist
a trained person with special knowledge about goods and how they affect health, growth, and idsease
DEFINE: Remedy
cure
PUT IN A SENTENCE: Diabetes
PUT IN A SENTENCE: Deficiency
DEFINE: Epidemic
sudden spread of disease over a large area
PUT IN A SENTENCE: Side effect