BBC Learning English
6 Minute English
Dieting
6 Minute
English
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Doug:
Hello, I’m Doug Campbell and this is 6 minute English. Today we’re talking
about
going on a diet. And I’m here with Jackie Dalton.
Jackie:
Hi Doug, have you ever gone on a diet to try to lose weight?
Doug:
No I haven’t Jackie, but I am sure if I did go on a diet, I wouldn’t be successful.
It’s very, very difficult! To start the programme I have a question for you
though, Jackie, about going on a diet. Well there are lots of different diets –
loads of different diets, but I want to talk about one of them – the low-carb diet.
Doug:_Okay_Jackie,_if_you_were_on_a_low-carb_diet,_you_would_eat…__a)_less_pasta'>Jackie:
Yes, I’ve heard of that.
Doug:
Okay Jackie, if you were on a low-carb diet, you would eat…
a) less pasta
b) less fish
c) less salad
Jackie:
Okay, yes, I think I do know this one because low-carb is short for low-
carbohydrate which is a food group that releases lots of energy and I know that
fish is protein, salad is roughage, which is leafy stuff, and pasta is a
carbohydrate so if you are eating low-carb you would cut out or cut down on
pasta.
Doug:
Okay, you are sure about that.
Jackie:
I’m sure about that. Today, we’re going to hear from two people who have
gone a diet. Were they successful? Did they lose weight?
