Junk Foods Effects for Your Health

Rini : [Sigh] School really makes me hungry. Lets get something delicious to eat!
Rina : Good idea! Its lunch time anyway. Do you have any idea of delicious foods for our
lunch?
Yoga : Hey, what about that food stall?
Rina : Huh? Wait a minute. That is fast food stall, isnt it?
Yoga : Yeah. Come on! My stomach cant wait any longer.
Rina : Why fast food? Can we find healthier foods for our lunch?
Yoga : No, I think there are no healthier food choices around. I heard that it sells delicious cheese
burgers and French fries too. Lets go! I cant stand hearing my stomach roaring.
Rini : Come on, Rina. Hamburger sounds delicious.
Rina : [sigh]
Waitress : Good morning, welcome to McD. What do you want to order?
Yoga : Good morning. Is there any recommended menu here?
Waitress : We have some menu packages. The first package is hot package with a fried chicken,
fried fries, and coca-cola. The second package is normal package with double fried chicken, fried
fries, and pepsi. The last is the delicious package with double fried chicken, double fried fries,
lemon tea ice or hot and chocolate ice cream as the bonus. Which one do you want?
Yoga : I Want to order two of the delicious package, and one of the hot package. Dont forget to
give some black papers.
Waitress : Ok, let me count all of the price. Two of delicious package and one of hot package.
The total is Rp. 150.000,00. May I take the money?
Yoga : Ok here it is.
Waitress : Thank you, is there any additional order?
Rini : Hmmm, sure. I want to order three glasses of chocolate ice cream and three large cheese
hamburger.
Waitress : Yes, three glasses of chocolate ice cream and three large cheese hamburger, the total is
Rp. 30.000.

Rini : Yeah this is Rp. 30.000 for you.

Waitress : Ok this is all of your order with additional chocolate ice cream and cheese hamburger.
Thank you very much and have a nice lunch.
Yoga and Rini : You are welcome.
Rina : Oh my, Yoga. You ordered three large cheese hamburgers, French fries, and coke. Are you
going to eat all these junk foods?
Yoga : Of course! Im a man. I need more foods.But I buy it for you too. There are ice cream and
cheese hamburger.
Rina : Do you ever think what kind of danger that will come for you by eating these foods?
Yoga : Um overly full?
Rina : No.. Yoga. These foods will bring bad effects for your precious health.
Rini : Huh? What are the bad effects anyway?
Rina : I join the healthy life club that attempts to motivate its members to live a healthy
lifestyle. We were taught to stay away from junk foods since junk foods like foods you are going
to eat now are known to be very bad for health.
Yoga : Why is that?
Rina : You know that these foods contain high calories, fats, and sugar, but are really low in
nutritional value. Due to the high calories, the more you eat these foods the bigger your body
will be. It is called obesity. These foods are also high in salt. If you really love eating these foods,
they will lead you to a risk of high blood pressure.
Rini : Wow, can it get worse then?
Rina : Of course! Moreover, if you consume these junk foods day in, day out, then the saturated
fats will accumulate in your body, especially in your blood vessels. Day after day the fats will
pile up in your blood vessels and eventually block your blood stream and make it clogged. If this
happens on the blood vessels on your brain, you will then get a brain stroke. The worst one is if
you have high blood pressure and the fats block the blood stream on your heart, then you can get
a fatal heart strike that can lead you to death.
Yoga : [Gulp] is that. Is that true?
Rina : there is no use if I tell fake stories.
Yoga : Alright, I think youre right. I have to start to go with a healthy lifestyle.
Rini : Whoa, thanks for that information, Rina. You really opened our eyes.

Yoga : So, what should I do with all these foods? I havent even eaten them yet.
Rina : I heard you have dogs. Maybe they will like it.
Yoga : [sigh] Oh, great~. Im sorry Miss. Would you like to wrap all this food for us to take
home?
Waitress : Oh sure. Wait a moment please.
Rini : Maybe it would be better if we buy the ingredients to cook vegetables then we cook at
home.
Rina

: Wow good idea Rini. Lets go.

Yoga : By the way, lately I do not look Indah at school. Where is she? Maybe she was sick?
Rini

: I will try to call her.

-Calling
Rini

: Hallo Indah. Where are you? Are you sick?

Indah is talking.
Rini

: So your mother was sick? I am sorry to hear that Indah. Dont worry Indah. We will

visit you and your mother at hospital. Bye Indah.

Yoga : Indah must be very sad. We should visit her mother. But where are the hospital?
Rini

: She is at Sanglah hospital. After this we should going to there

Rina

: Ok.

Waitress: Excuse me. This is your order.

Yoga : Thank you miss.
-At the hospital
Rina

: Halo Indah. Good afternoon sister.

Putri

: Afternoon all. Come in. Please be seated. Sorry about the situation like this.

Indah : Thanks friends to visit my mother.

Rini

: How is your mothers condition, Indah?

Indah : My mother suffered from diabetes mellitus since one year ago. So fingers of his right
leg had to be amputated. Actually I can not bear to see her like this.
Putri

: The doctor said the blood sugar levels in my mother's body is very high, maternal

diabetes mellitus because the mother is too often eat fast food that contains sugar and high fat,
mother also had a history of the disease.
The nurse came to give insulin injections.
Nurse : Good afternoon. I'm going to inject insulin to Mrs.Ani.,. Because its the Mrs.Ani's time
to eat.
Indah : Ohh yes please, nurse.
Nurse : Excuse me Mrs.Ani. I will injecting insulin to your arm before you have your eat.
Mrs.Ani

: Does it hurt? Can I eat without injected before? I am very afraid of needles.

Nurse : Just a little sore Mrs, like being bitten by ants. With this insulin blood sugar in your
body will be controlled. So this is very useful to reduce excess blood sugar and keep it within
normal limits before you eating food.Please detained the pain Mrs.
Nurse is injecting in Mrs.Anis arm.
Nurse : Already finished Mrs.
Indah :Nurse, why my mothers leg amputated?
Nurse : As we know that your mother suffered from diabetes mellitus due to eating too much
fast food and high-calorie, bad lifestyle and history of disease. Diabetes mellitus preceded by a
blockage in a blood vessel, usually in the legs. After that decreases blood flow, oxygen levels in

the blood was reduced. It makes organ (legs) is not functioning properly. Initially can feel
numbness. When nerves in the feet are damaged, sensation of pain is reduced. That's because, the
feet can be injured without the patient realizing it. Moreover, the blood sugar levels in the body
increase to exceed the normal limits that accumulate in the wound diabetes mellitus results in
difficult to heal wounds. Bacterial and fungal infection makes sores quickly decompose and
spread to other organs. To prevent the widening of the wound, the doctors decided to perform an
amputation.
Putri

: I became very afraid of this disease. How can I prevent it?

Nurse : You can do more physical activity, get plenty of fiber in the diet, eat nuts and seeds, lose weight, drink
plenty of low-fat dairy products, reduce animal fat, reduce consumption of sugar, stop smoking, avoid trans fats and
fast food. Make sure that you are doing it regularly every day.
Mrs.Ani

: So, how is the treat to the patient with diabetes mellitus?

Nurse : The diabetes mellitus patients with injuries to the legs should be absolute bed rest.
Besides, especially foot disorders with infection requiring strict control of blood glucose.
Patients with infectious disorders should be transferred to the previously received insulin if oral
medication and given appropriate antibiotic. Every morning nurse will treat your wounds to keep
it clean and prevent more serious infections.
Rini

: Now I know more about diabetes mellitus. From now on I have to follow the advice

from the nurse so I can avoid diabetes mellitus.

Indah : I'm also going to talk about this to another family so we can prevent it early.
Putri

: Thank you for the information nurse. Hopefully we can prevent it early. From now on I

will try to behave in a healthy life by not eating fast food and fatty foods, exercising and diet
properly.
Nurse : Youre welcome. I hope Mrs. Ani could quickly recover.

Glossaries Percakapan Bahasa Inggris tentang Kesehatan

Delicious: enak
Food stall: kios/warung makanan
Fast food: makanan cepat saji
Health: kesehatan
Health: sehat (Healthier: lebih sehat)
Choices: pilihan
Around: di sekitar (suatu tempat)
Cheese burger: burger keju
French fries: kentang goring
I cant stand: aku tidak tahan (akan sesuatu)
Roaring: meraung-raung (My stomach is roaring: Perut saya bersuara keras karena kelaparan)
Junk food: makanan sampah (makanan cepat saji tidak sehat)
Come for you: mendatangi kamu
Overly full: terlalu kenyang
Bad effect: dampak buruk
Precious: berharga
Motivate: mendorong, memotivasi
Attempt: berusaha
Since: sejak, karena
(to be) known: diketahui, dikenal
Nutritional value: nilai gizi
Obesity: obesitas/kegemukan
Salt: garam
Risk of high blood pressure: risiko tekanan darah tinggi
Get worse: menjadi lebih buruk
Moreover: selain itu
Consume: mengkonsumsi
Day in, day out: setiap hari
Saturated fats: lemak jenuh
Accumulate: berakumulasi, menumpuk

Blood vessels: pembuluh darah

Day after day: hari demi hari
Pile up: menumpuk
Blood stream: aliran darah
Clogged: tersumbat
Brain stroke: penyakit stroke otak
Worst one: yang terburuk
Fatal heart strike: serangan jantung yang fatal
Lead to: membuat, mengarahkan
There is no use: tidak ada gunanya
Fake stories: cerita bohong
Opened our eyes: (idiom) membuka mata kami (menyadarkan kami)