英语听力文摘 English Digest 631 尽情享受食物可以增加营养的吸收
时间：2018-12-31 作者：英语课 分类：英语听力文摘 English Digest
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Enjoying Your Food Increases The Nourishment 1 Your Body Receives
Did last night’s dinner make you drool with anticipation 2? Did lunch have you licking your chops? According to research by teams from Thailand and Sweden, enjoying your food increases the nourishment your body receives from it.
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The Experiment
Imagine a bowl of Thai vegetables and rice in coconut 3 milk, seasoned with hot chili 4 paste. Sound scrumptious? Or too spicy 5 for your palate? The researchers served this dish to Thai women accustomed to such fare, then measured how much iron they absorbed.
Next, the researchers served the same meal to Swedish women accustomed to less spice. Guess what happened? The Swedish women absorbed significantly less iron than their Thai counterparts.
Going further, the researchers served the Thai women the same ingredients, processed into an unappetizing, goopy puree. This time, the Thai women absorbed 70% less iron than they had before.
How Can This Be?
The researchers believe the answer’s in the brain. Before you eat a bite, there’s a brain phase of digestive secretion 6. Seeing, smelling, or just anticipating a good meal prompts the brain to send messages to glands 7 along the digestive tract 8. “Hey you guys!
Yummy morsels 9 coming!” These happy thoughts prompt secretion of saliva 10, gastric 11 juices and enzymes 12 for digestion 13. In particular, acidic gastric juices are key to iron absorption. Without the acid, the body absorbs little iron.
When you’re relaxed and enjoying your food, your brain primes your gut 14 to absorb the most nutrients 15. So there’s scientific evidence for something we’ve suspected all along-an appealing, leisurely 16 meal is a lot more nutritious 17 than unappetizing grub!
n.食物，营养品；营养情况
- Lack of proper nourishment reduces their power to resist disease.营养不良降低了他们抵抗疾病的能力。
- He ventured that plants draw part of their nourishment from the air.他大胆提出植物从空气中吸收部分养分的观点。
n.预期，预料，期望
- We waited at the station in anticipation of her arrival.我们在车站等着，期待她的到来。
- The animals grew restless as if in anticipation of an earthquake.各种动物都变得焦躁不安，像是感到了地震即将发生。
n.椰子
- The husk of this coconut is particularly strong.椰子的外壳很明显非常坚固。
- The falling coconut gave him a terrific bang on the head.那只掉下的椰子砰地击中他的脑袋。
n.辣椒
- He helped himself to another two small spoonfuls of chili oil.他自己下手又加了两小勺辣椒油。
- It has chocolate,chili,and other spices.有巧克力粉，辣椒，和其他的调味品。
adj.加香料的；辛辣的，有风味的
- The soup tasted mildly spicy.汤尝起来略有点辣。
- Very spicy food doesn't suit her stomach.太辣的东西她吃了胃不舒服。
n.分泌
- Is there much secretion from your eyes?你眼里的分泌物多吗？
- In addition,excessive secretion of oil,water scarcity are also major factors.除此之外，油脂分泌过盛、缺水也都是主要因素。
n.传单，小册子，大片(土地或森林)
- He owns a large tract of forest.他拥有一大片森林。
- He wrote a tract on this subject.他曾对此写了一篇短文。
n.一口( morsel的名词复数 )；（尤指食物）小块，碎屑
- They are the most delicate morsels. 这些确是最好吃的部分。 来自辞典例句
- Foxes will scratch up grass to find tasty bug and beetle morsels. 狐狸会挖草地，寻找美味的虫子和甲壳虫。 来自互联网
n.唾液，口水
- He wiped a dribble of saliva from his chin.他擦掉了下巴上的几滴口水。
- Saliva dribbled from the baby's mouth.唾液从婴儿的嘴里流了出来。
adj.胃的
- Miners are a high risk group for certain types of gastric cancer.矿工是极易患某几种胃癌的高风险人群。
- That was how I got my gastric trouble.我的胃病就是这么得的。
n. 酶，酵素
- It was said that washing powders containing enzymes remove stains more efficiently. 据说加酶洗衣粉除污更有效。
- Among the enzymes which are particularly effective are pepsin, papain. 在酶当中特别有效的是胃朊酶、木瓜酶。
n.消化，吸收
- This kind of tea acts as an aid to digestion.这种茶可助消化。
- This food is easy of digestion.这食物容易消化。
n.[pl.]胆量；内脏；adj.本能的；vt.取出内脏
- It is not always necessary to gut the fish prior to freezing.冷冻鱼之前并不总是需要先把内脏掏空。
- My immediate gut feeling was to refuse.我本能的直接反应是拒绝。
n.（食品或化学品）营养物，营养品( nutrient的名词复数 )
- 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》
adj.悠闲的；从容的，慢慢的
- We walked in a leisurely manner,looking in all the windows.我们慢悠悠地走着，看遍所有的橱窗。
- He had a leisurely breakfast and drove cheerfully to work.他从容的吃了早餐，高兴的开车去工作。
adj.有营养的，营养价值高的
- Fresh vegetables are very nutritious.新鲜蔬菜富于营养。
- Hummingbirds have discovered that nectar and pollen are very nutritious.蜂鸟发现花蜜和花粉是很有营养的。