Gli instant noodles sono il peggior junk food?

Instant noodles are the worst junk food?

Gli instant noodles sono sempre più popolari, non solo in Asia.

Gli spaghetti-pronti costano pochissimo, per questo sono sempre più popolari nei paesi più poveri.

Il giornale inglese Guardian, però, ha scritto un articolo contro gli instant-noodles. 

secondo i medici, infatti, sono un junk-food, e fanno molto male alla salute.

Negli instant-noodles c’è troppo sale, perciò possono causare malattie al cuore.

Keywords

popolare: popular – 流行的

pronto/a: ready – 准备好, 迅速的

fare male alla salute: harmful to health – 对健康有害

il sale: salt – 盐

causare: to cause – 导致

la malattia: disease – 疾病

Grammar

Idiom “fare male a”

“fanno molto male alla salute”
(they’re very harmful to health)

The expression “fare male a” translates to “to harm” or “to be bad for” in English.
Here are a few examples to illustrate its usage:

– Il fumo fa male alla salute (Smoking is bad for health)
– Mangiare troppo zucchero fa male ai denti (Eating too much sugar is bad for your teeth)
– Le bugie fanno male alle relazioni (Lies harm relationships)

Translation

Instant noodles are becoming increasingly popular, not only in Asia.

Ready-to-eat noodles are very inexpensive, which is why they are becoming more popular in poorer countries.

However, the English newspaper The Guardian has written an article against instant noodles.

According to doctors, they are considered junk food and are very harmful to health.

In instant noodles there is too much salt, so they can cause heart diseases.

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