New Year’s resolutions（决心）often fail, but now a new study may just provide motivation for you to stick to them. Scientists found that meeting goals — such as giving up drinking or smoking — can slash your risk of cancer.

The large-scale study — of half a million Britons — looked at the effects of quitting tobacco，limiting alcohol intake, maintaining a low body mass index (BMI), exercising regularly and eating a healthy diet. Each individual behaviour was found to bring a decrease in the chance of getting cancer of about eight per cent. But if people carried out all together the overall risk reduction was about a third — and likely a greater cut in deaths from the disease.

The researchers from Cardiff University examined data from 343,150 people from the UK Biobank to identify the five healthy behaviours and compare them to the risk of cancer. The subjects were aged 40 to 69 and 14,285 were diagnosed （诊断）with the disease during an average follow-up of just over five years. The team found that adopting（采用）all the studied healthy behaviours brought a 25 and 35 percent reduction in bowel and breast cancer respectively — two of the most common forms of the disease.

The team said the findings may not sound surprising — but they serve as a reminder of the importance behind turning resolutions into permanent lifestyle choices.

Professor Elwood, the lead researcher，said the real problem for people adopting resolutions was translating the unclear idea of lifestyle choices being “good” into useful evidence — which was what this study provided. “A healthy lifestyle has many additional benefits to cancer reduction — it costs nothing, has no undesirable side effects…and is better than any pill.”

   While there are many different methods of fighting with stress, arming your body with mood-improving food is one of the most basic places to start. Try adding the following foods to your diet, and step away from bread and cake.

1. Eggs

Rich in protein, eggs also provide calcium, iron, zinc, selenium, phosphorus, and vitamins A, D, E, and K, making them one of the most nutritional foods around. Drew Ramsey, author of The Happiness Diet, praises nutrient-rich foods for battling stress and notes that eggs are part of his favorite anxiety-reducing breakfast.

2. Fish

Eating fish can have many benefits (好处), including fighting stress. Fish (like sardines, salmon, canned tuna) is rich in omega-3 fatty acids. Studies show omega-3 fatty acids help with depression as well as encouraging more positive social behavior in children.

3. Red peppers, papayas and kiwis

They have more vitamin C than oranges. Many studies point to vitamin C for controlling stress hormones. As Psychology Today reports, “People who have high levels of vitamin C do not show the expected mental and physical signs of stress when faced with serious psychological challenges.”

4. Tea

Drinking black tea may help you recover from stressful events more quickly, notes WebMD. One study looked at people who drank four cups of tea daily for six weeks, compared with people who drank something else. At the end of the study, the tea drinkers reported feeling calmer and had lower levels of cortisol after stressful situations.

5. Dark chocolate

Chocolate can help improve the mood and keep clear thinking. Studies also show dark chocolate can help people feel good and reduce stress. Not to mention, it might make you smarter. Is it just a coincidence (巧合) that the higher a country’s chocolate consumption is, the more Nobel Prize winners it creates? More chocolate, please.

Getting healthy is so simple. To become healthy only 【小题1】 (require) you to make little changes in your life. For example, walk for thirty minutes every day. This can 【小题2】 (achieve) by taking the stairs at work, going shopping on foot, and walking to lunch. Walking will make you feel better, clear your mind, and get you the needed exercise for the day.

It’s also a good idea 【小题3】 (change) your attitude to food. Don’t eat when you feel unhappy or stressed. This is because 【小题4】 (eat) when you’re upset only leads to increased 【小题5】 (problem) of weight gain and bad health. Actually, at this time, you are supposed to go for 【小题6】 walk or jog, and in this way, you’ll feel better. What’s more, eat when you’re 【小题7】 (hunger) for the main meals. Try to stay away 【小题8】 junk food, especially sugary foods. Instead, eat more fresh fruits or vegetables and other foods 【小题9】 produce healthy energy and good calories.

In a word, walking and eating 【小题10】(proper) are two simple steps to be healthier. You’d better have a try.

Today our class has a discussion on if people should eat green food. Different people have different opinion about it.

Some students believed people should eat green food, since the environment isn’t polluted in the process of production. Also, it is produced without harm chemicals, making it safe to eat. Therefore, other students think people shouldn’t eat green food, since it is many more expensive. What’s more, most green food is only being sold in big supermarkets, making it inconvenient to buy.

On my opinion, people should eat green food if they think they can afford buy it. Why should they want to risk make themselves sick?