Making greener choices and encouraging healthy lifestyles can promote your health and bene

Making greener choices and encouraging healthy lifestyles can promote your health and benefit the environment．Here are some guidelines to follow:
Choose foods thoughtfully
Americans have never had such a variety or abundance of food to choose from．Besides so many choices, we now hear about our food print, the amount of land needed to supply one person's nutritional needs for a year．Do we buy cherry tomatoes from Mexico or tomatoes grown locally in a hothouse? Do．we get the Granny Smiths from the fanners' market or the supermarket? Is organic produce healthier for us and the planet?
These are very plex issues that require analysis of many criteria, including the energy used in producing and transporting the food, as well as the type of soil and methods of raising the food．
Despite the plexities, there are some general guidelines you can follow．For instance, eat less meat or eat low on the food chain．Your doctor may have remended you to restrict your consume red meat because of its too much fat content．Beyond that, there are environmental reasons, too. Raise food animals contributes substantially to climate change because a meat-based diet requires more land, energy and water than a plant - based one．
Drinking plenty of fluids is significant during hot weather or when exercising．But is bottled water the way to go? You may not think so when seeing the true costs．Based on a survey, manufacturing the 30 - plus billion plastic water bottles can produce more than 2．5 million tons of carbon dioxide and use here times the amount of water in the bottle．Adding in transportation, the energy used es to over 50 million barrels of oil equivalent （等价物）．Consequently, skip the bottled water and drink tap water, both at home and at restaurants．Additionally, bottled water is not necessarily cleaner than tap.
【小题1】In Paragraph 2 the author puts forward three questions mainly     ．A．to prove Americans have less food to choose fromB．to show us the shopping habits of most AmericansC．to indicate Americans tend to buy food from abroadD．to remind people to reconsider their food purchase【小题2】The doctor remends eating less red meat partly because     ．A．it contains too much fatB．it costs a lot in transportationC．it is too low on the food chainD．it isn't related to climate change【小题3】According to the text, which of the following is true?A．Americans all prefer to buy cherry tomatoes from Mexico．B．The plant - based diet is responsible for the climate change．C．Americans have a variety of food to choose from．D．Organic produce is the only choice for Americans．【小题4】Based on the last paragraph, we know that     ．A．bottled water is cleaner than tap waterB．tap water is economical as well as eco - friendlyC．bottled water is more available than tap waterD．tap water uses one - third the cost of bottled water【小题5】What is the best subtitle for the last paragraph?A．Skip bottled water, carry tapB．Drink bottled waterC．Produce plastic water bottlesD．Save water resourcesD