Eating your five-a-day 每天至少要吃五份果蔬

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  Eating your five-a-day 每天至少要吃五份果蔬
  不少人提倡多吃水果和蔬菜。事实证明,吃果蔬确实有助于改善健康。专家建议每天应吃 “five-a-day(五份水果和蔬菜)”。但在日常生活中,坚持这种饮食方式容易吗?我们是否应设定一个更现实的饮食目标来保持健康?本期节目探讨英文谚语 “An apple a day keeps the doctor away. (每天一苹果,医生远离我。)” 背后的科学依据。
  词汇:health 健康
  We all know about the benefits of a healthy diet. 'We are what we eat', so some say. But sometimes our busy lives mean our healthy intentions slip, and we end up eating the wrong things. Messaging telling us to eat our 'five-a-day' encourages us to maintain a balanced diet – but is it accurate?
  If you're not sure what your 'five-a-day' is, it's a campaign based on advice from the World Health Organization which recommends eating a minimum of 400g of fruit and vegetables a day. That should lower the risk of serious health problems, such as heart disease, stroke and some types of cancer. Variety is important because different fruits and vegetables contain different combinations of fibre, vitamins, minerals and other nutrients1.
  Eating five pieces of fruit and veg is something to aim for. An analysis of 16 worldwide studies suggested that for every portion of fruit and vegetables consumed, there was a lower risk of premature2 death. And in the UK, previous research by the University of Oxford3 found around 33,000 lives a year could be saved if everyone in the UK followed dietary guidelines. Dr Peter Scarborough told the BBC: "According to our model, the biggest impact would be eating more fruit and veg. But this doesn't mean you should just stop at five – the more the better."However, there are some doubts about the 'five-a-day' message. Some fruits and vegetables are better than others. And counting orange juice, for example, as one of your portions isn't so beneficial because it contains sugar. Also, eating more vegetables than fruit tends to be better because they're richer in nutrients. Some doctors also say the message is too ambitious, and a 'two-a-day' message might be a more realistic starting point.
  There have been calls to up the quota4 to seven-a-day, but research reported in The British Medical Journal found after five portions a day, there was no further impact. But whatever fruit and vegetables you consume, every piece can help reduce the risk of cardiovascular disease and cancer. As the old saying goes: 'an apple a day keeps the doctor away'.
  词汇表
  diet (日常)饮食
  we are what we eat “人如其食”,想健康,得吃好intention 意愿
  five-a-day “每天五份果蔬”,世界卫生组织为增强健康饮食意识而发起的每日至少食用 400g 水果或蔬菜的宣传活动balanced diet 均衡饮食
  fruit 水果
  vegetable 蔬菜
  heart disease 心脏病
  stroke 中风
  cancer 癌,癌症
  fibre (食物的)纤维素
  vitamin 维生素
  mineral 矿物质
  nutrient 营养物
  premature 过早的
  dietary guidelines 膳食指南
  beneficial 有益的
  ambitious 要求过高的,需要极大努力才能完成的cardiovascular disease 心血管疾病
  an apple a day keeps the doctor away “一天一苹果,医生远离我”,每天吃苹果有助于保持健康

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1 nutrients 6a1e1ed248a3ac49744c39cc962fb607     
n.(食品或化学品)营养物,营养品( nutrient的名词复数 )
参考例句:
  • a lack of essential nutrients 基本营养的缺乏
  • Nutrients are absorbed into the bloodstream. 营养素被吸收进血液。 来自《简明英汉词典》
2 premature FPfxV     
adj.比预期时间早的;不成熟的,仓促的
参考例句:
  • It is yet premature to predict the possible outcome of the dialogue.预言这次对话可能有什么结果为时尚早。
  • The premature baby is doing well.那个早产的婴儿很健康。
3 Oxford Wmmz0a     
n.牛津(英国城市)
参考例句:
  • At present he has become a Professor of Chemistry at Oxford.他现在已是牛津大学的化学教授了。
  • This is where the road to Oxford joins the road to London.这是去牛津的路与去伦敦的路的汇合处。
4 quota vSKxV     
n.(生产、进出口等的)配额,(移民的)限额
参考例句:
  • A restricted import quota was set for meat products.肉类产品设定了进口配额。
  • He overfulfilled his production quota for two months running.他一连两个月超额完成生产指标。

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