60秒科学:降低快餐中的胆固醇
Restaurant patron: “Gimme the chocolate milkshake and the cheeseburger deluxe 1.”
Waitress: “That’s the cheeseburger with lettuce 2, tomato, onion, fries and statin pill, coming right up.”
That scene could someday happen, if researchers at Imperial College London have their way. They say that including a dose of cholesterol 3-lowering statin drugs could offset 4 the health risks of a high-fat meal. They present their case in the American Journal of Cardiology.
We all know that eating a greasy 5 burger is not the most heart-healthy approach to dining. It can raise our cholesterol and boost our risk for heart attacks. But could a statin pill really neutralize 6 the harmful effects of a pit stop at the local burger joint 7?
Reviewing data from some 43,000 patients involved in seven clinical trials, scientists calculated how much a person’s heart attack risk increases with fat intake 8, and how much statins can decrease that risk. They conclude that a daily dose of statins would compensate 9 for a daily cheeseburger and a small milk shake.
Dispensing 10 the drug would cost pennies—not much more than the packet of ketchup 11 that restaurants already give you for free. It may not be a Happy Meal. But it could be a healthier one.
—Karen Hopkin
- This system puts the top hotels in a special deluxe category.这种分类法把最高级的旅馆列为特殊豪华级。
- I liked the deluxe edition,but I could afford only a second best.我喜欢精装版，但我只买得起一本稍差一点的。
- Get some lettuce and tomatoes so I can make a salad.买些莴苣和西红柿，我好做色拉。
- The lettuce is crisp and cold.莴苣松脆爽口。
- There is cholesterol in the cell of body.人体细胞里有胆固醇。
- They are determining the serum-protein and cholesterol levels.他们正在测定血清蛋白和胆固醇的浓度。
- Their wage increases would be offset by higher prices.他们增加的工资会被物价上涨所抵消。
- He put up his prices to offset the increased cost of materials.他提高了售价以补偿材料成本的增加。
- He bought a heavy-duty cleanser to clean his greasy oven.昨天他买了强力清洁剂来清洗油污的炉子。
- You loathe the smell of greasy food when you are seasick.当你晕船时，你会厌恶油腻的气味。
- Nothing could neutralize its good effects.没有什么能抵消它所产生的好影响。
- Acids neutralize alkalis and vice versa.酸能使碱中和碱，亦能使酸中和。
- I had a bad fall,which put my shoulder out of joint.我重重地摔了一跤，肩膀脫臼了。
- We wrote a letter in joint names.我们联名写了封信。
- Reduce your salt intake.减少盐的摄入量。
- There was a horrified intake of breath from every child.所有的孩子都害怕地倒抽了一口凉气。
- She used her good looks to compensate her lack of intelligence. 她利用她漂亮的外表来弥补智力的不足。
- Nothing can compensate for the loss of one's health. 一个人失去了键康是不可弥补的。
- A dispensing optician supplies glasses, but doesn't test your eyes. 配镜师为你提供眼镜，但不检查眼睛。 来自《简明英汉词典》
- The firm has been dispensing ointments. 本公司配制药膏。 来自《简明英汉词典》