Doctor Warns: A Common Drink May Harm Your Liver
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A liver doctor is giving a warning. He talks about a drink many people think is safe. But it can hurt your liver.
The drink has a lot of alcohol. More than 90 percent of it is a strong substance. This substance can cause fatty liver. Fatty liver is when fat builds up inside the liver. This is not healthy.
The doctor says people in Japan drink this drink very often. He calls it a normal, everyday drink. But he says it is more dangerous than people think.
In other countries, this kind of drink has extra tax. Tax is money you pay to the government. Some countries also stop companies from advertising it. Advertising means showing ads to sell something.
In Japan, there is less tax and less control on ads. The doctor wants people to know the risk. He wants people to protect their liver.
Vocabulary15 words
- liver
- a big body part that cleans your blood
- alcohol
- a drink that can make you feel drunk
- substance
- a kind of material or chemical
- fatty liver
- too much fat inside the liver, which is bad for health
- tax
- money people pay to the government
- advertising
- showing ads to make people buy something
- warning
- telling people about danger
- healthy
- good for your body
- dangerous
- not safe
- government
- the group that runs a country
- risk
- the chance something bad happens
- protect
- to keep safe
- normal
- usual; not special
- everyday
- happening every day
- control
- to limit or manage something
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1. Alcohol 2. Fatty liver 3. True
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A _____ doctor is giving a warning about a drink many people think is safe.
More than 90 percent of it is a strong _____ that can cause _____.
Fatty liver is when _____ builds up inside the liver.
The doctor says people in Japan drink this drink very _____.
In other countries, this kind of drink has extra _____.
Some countries also stop companies from _____ it.
In Japan, there is less tax and less _____ on ads.
The doctor wants people to _____ their liver.
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