SSS 2012-03-12
时间：2019-01-08 作者：英语课 分类：Scientific American(三)月
英语课
This is Scientific American 60 second Science, I'm Sophie Bushwick, got a minute~
Fruit and veggies don’t just improve your diet—they could enhance your looks. A new study, done with primarily Caucasian subjects, finds that eating produce heightens red and yellow skin tones, which increases attractiveness. The work is inPublic Library of Science ONE.
The organic pigments 1 called carotenoids provide a yellow-red color to fruit and vegetables, and when consumed, to human skin.
Researchers had 35 students fill out questionnaires about much produce they ate daily, and a spectrophotometer measured their skin color. They collected the same data three weeks later, and again after six weeks. And the more fruit and vegetables participants ate, the more vividly 2 colored was their skin.
Based on the measured color changes, the researchers created face images that other students rated for health and attractiveness. And the redder and yellower skin color from even slightly increased produce consumption was rated higher than the hue 3 associated with a produce-poorer diet. The researchers say they need to determine if the effect also holds true for non-white people—but they expect it will. Simply put, eating healthy looks good.
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n.（粉状）颜料( pigment的名词复数 )；天然色素
- The Romans used natural pigments on their fabrics and walls. 古罗马人在织物和墙壁上使用天然颜料。 来自辞典例句
- The original white lead pigments have oxidized and turned black. 最初的白色铅质颜料氧化后变成了黑色。 来自辞典例句
adv.清楚地，鲜明地，生动地
- The speaker pictured the suffering of the poor vividly.演讲者很生动地描述了穷人的生活。
- The characters in the book are vividly presented.这本书里的人物写得栩栩如生。