How to Read the AESAN Healthy Plate in Spanish
A B2 Spanish reading about the AESAN healthy plate, food groups, WHO principles and adapting general guidance to daily meals.
Cómo leer el plato saludable de AESAN
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What you'll learn
food groups, whole grains, pulses, free sugars, impersonal recommendations, aunque with indicative, sin que with subjunctive
A fictional meal shows how to interpret the AESAN healthy plate. The article contrasts its general proportions with WHO guidance that a healthy diet varies by individual and context.
After reading
Article learning block
Phrases, words, grammar, and quick practice from this text.
Phrases for training
Add useful phrases to SRS or mark them as already known.
no funciona como una receta obligatoria
newdoes not work like a mandatory recipe
It is guidance rather than a fixed formula that must be copied exactly.
Useful for distinguishing a model from a strict instruction.
ocupa la mitad del plato
newoccupies half the plate
Ocupa indicates the amount of space taken by something.
Useful for describing proportions in a visual model.
en lugar de
newinstead of
En lugar de introduces the option that replaces another one.
Useful for explaining choices and substitutions.
depende de
newdepends on
Depender de means that one thing changes according to another factor.
Useful for adding conditions and avoiding absolute claims.
Key words
Vocabulary that carries the school-day topic.
Vegetables
hortalizas
vegetables
Edible plants or parts of plants grown for food, such as carrots or spinach.
A key word for discussing food groups.
Pulses
legumbres
pulses
Foods such as lentils, chickpeas and beans.
Useful for discussing plant foods and protein sources.
Whole grains
cereales integrales
whole grains
Grains used with all their main edible parts rather than heavily refined.
Useful for understanding dietary guidance.
Tap water
agua del grifo
tap water
Water supplied through a building tap.
Useful for discussing everyday drink choices.
Free sugars
azúcares libres
free sugars
Sugars added to food or drink, plus sugars naturally present in honey, syrups and fruit juices.
Useful when reading public health guidance.
Physical activity
actividad física
physical activity
Body movement that uses energy, including walking and sport.
Useful in discussions of health and daily routines.
Grammar in context
Patterns from the text worth noticing after reading.
Possibility with puede estar
puede estar integrado
can be made up
Puede plus infinitive expresses possibility; estar integrado describes the composition of the plate.
Useful for presenting a possible model without turning it into an obligation.
Impersonal recommendation
Conviene recordar
it is worth remembering
Conviene plus infinitive introduces advice without naming a specific person.
Useful for giving measured recommendations.
Aunque with indicative
Aunque el dibujo es sencillo
although the drawing is simple
Aunque takes the indicative here because the speaker presents the simplicity as a fact.
Useful for contrasting a known fact with another idea.
Sin que with subjunctive
sin que un grupo sustituya
without one group completely replacing
After sin que, the subjunctive introduces a situation that is avoided.
Useful for saying that an action happens without another result.
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