It is hardly possible to take up any newspaper or magazine now a days without coming across advertisements of health supplements whose chief recommendation is that they contain phosphorus and other minerals. They are generally very expensive but reader is assured that they are worth ten times the price asked, on account of their wonderful properties as nerve and brain foods. The proprietors are flourishing due to boosting sales and they spend thousands in advertising. In this era of increasing nervous exhaustion and brain fag there are innumerable sufferers who do not mind wasting their dollars to buy health. They are unaware of the side effects. On the contrary isn’t it more enjoyable to eat apples containing large percentage of, say, phosphorus? They are natural and the best nerve and brain food. Two apples at the beginning of each meal can work wonders. But our inclination to artificiality prevents us from using these natural wonders.
Which of the following are the reasons one should avoid taking the health supplements?
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Solution
Answer: (2, 4) 'Wasting their dollars' is clearly stated. Yet this does not justify 1, for if something is really healthful, cost need not matter so much. It is nowhere stated that they do not have enough nutrients. 'Unaware of the side effects' is also clearly stated.
To examine the organs of digestion one needs to study the appetite and manner of taking food and drink. A healthy animal has good appetite. Loss of appetite does not point to a diseased condition but comes from a variety of causes, some of which might be physiological.Excitement, strange surroundings, fatigue and hot weather may all cause loss of appetite. Sometimes depression, fever, weakness, stomach disorders or difficulty in swallowing also causediminished appetite. Sometimes there is desire to eat abnormal things due to chronic disturbance of nutrition. It is variably linked to one’s psychological aspects also. In times of inward happiness one tends to binge more on food but in times of turmoil and tension one loses the desire to eat even if hunger persists. At times, thirst faces this imbalance as well. Especially in times of crisis or shock your mouth goes dry. So, hunger loss can not only be connected with appetite loss due to disease, there are profound psychic disturbances also attributing to its fall.
Which of the following are not physiological causes for loss of appetite?
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Solution
Answer: (3, 5) 'Mouth going dry is not a cause, but an effect (thirst). “Turmoil' here is linked with tension: in times of turmoil and tension one loses the desire to cat."