Word
Сбалансированный рацион полезен. Более того, он укрепляет иммунитет.
Meaning
A balanced diet is healthy. Moreover, it strengthens the immunity.
Part of speech
sentence
Pronunciation
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Breakdown of Сбалансированный рацион полезен. Более того, он укрепляет иммунитет.
он
he / it (for a masculine noun) / it (for a neuter noun)
полезный
healthy, good for you (of food) / useful
иммунитет
immunity
сбалансированный
balanced
Questions & Answers about Сбалансированный рацион полезен. Более того, он укрепляет иммунитет.
How exactly does более того differ from the previously learned кроме того?
Both add information, but более того (moreover, what's more) introduces a stronger, more impressive, or more extreme point that reinforces the first statement. You use it to build up to a climax. By contrast, кроме того (besides, in addition) simply adds another equal fact to a list. Here, strengthening immunity is presented as an even bigger benefit than just being generally healthy.
Why use рацион here instead of диета for the English word diet?
In Russian, диета usually refers to a restrictive diet for weight loss or a specific medical condition (like being 'on a diet'). Рацион refers to your everyday nutritional intake or the regular set of foods you eat. Therefore, a balanced everyday diet is a сбалансированный рацион.
Why does the sentence use полезен instead of the full adjective полезный?
Полезен is the short-form adjective. At this level, you will often see short-form adjectives used as the predicate (the main descriptive word after an invisible 'is') to state a general, abstract truth. Saying рацион полезен sounds slightly more formal, objective, and definitive than using the full form полезный.
Is сбалансированный an adjective or a verb?
It functions as an adjective here, but it is actually a past passive participle formed from the perfective verb сбалансировать (to balance). Because it comes from a perfective verb, it describes the result of a completed action: a diet that has successfully been balanced.