Read the excerpt from The Time Traveler's Guide to Elizabethan England. People believe that the balance of the humors is also upset by eating too much or too little of something. As noted in the previous chapter, Thomas Elyot believes that fish and fresh fruit are bad for you, and that white bread is more nutritious than bread with the bran. William Horman maintains that drinking cold liquids after prolonged activity is very dangerous for the health. Richard Carew states that the "eating of fish, especially newly taken and of the livers, gives rise to leprosy.” Although you will know that brown bread is more nutritious than white, and that fish does not cause leprosy, you will probably agree with the general idea—that what you ingest affects your health. How does the paragraph develop the central idea that Elizabethans believed that the body’s humors affected health?
Answer
A
It explains that fresh fish may cause liver disease.
B
It recommends eliminating fresh fruit from a healthy diet.
C
It details how diet could disrupt the balance of humors.
D
It discourages the use of cold liquids after activity.
Explanation
The paragraph gives several Elizabethan beliefs about foods and drinks affecting health, such as fish supposedly causing leprosy and cold liquids after activity being dangerous. These examples show how people thought what they ate and drank could upset the balance of the humors. The central idea is developed by detailing how diet could disrupt that balance, not by giving modern dietary advice.
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