What is the main idea of this passage? eating healthy requires maintaining a balanced diet. although “fad diets” are constantly being circulated, they are actually more harmful to your body than maintaining a balanced diet. “fad diets” will often try to promote a certain food that will rid the body of fat. for example, grapefruit and lemons are frequently added to diets because they supposedly combat fats with their acidity. despite whether this claim is true, the more important question is, are you really going to eat grapefruit at every meal for the rest of your life? probably not. you are more likely to stay healthy by eating a variety of fruits and vegetables. you will enjoy the various flavors, and you will get the many different nutrients your body needs. finding a healthy balance that works for you is much healthier than jumping from one extreme diet to the next. lemons get rid of fat in the body. exercise is the key to weight loss success. you might like to eat grapefruit with every meal. it is healthier to eat a balanced diet than to try “fad diets.”

Which sentence in this excerpt from leo tolstoy’s the death of ivan ilyich suggests that ivan ilyich aspired to be part of the elite in society from a young age? a. ivan ilyich was  le phenix de la famille  as people said.  he was neither as cold and formal as his elder brother nor as wild as the younger, but was a happy mean between them—an intelligent polished, lively and agreeable man. b.  even when he was at the school of law he was just what he remained for the rest of his life:   a capable, cheerful, good-natured, and sociable man, though strict in the fulfillment of what he considered to be his duty:   and he considered his duty to be what was so considered by those in authority. c.neither as a boy nor as a man was he a toady, but from early youth was by nature attracted to people of high station as a fly is drawn to the light, assimilating their ways and views of life and establishing friendly relations with them. d.all the enthusiasms of childhood and youth passed without leaving much trace on him; he succumbed to sensuality, to vanity, and latterly among the highest classes to liberalism, but always within limits which his instinct unfailingly indicated to him as correct. e.at school he had done things which had formerly seemed to him very horrid and made him feel disgusted with himself when he did them;