【英语时差8，16】静思降低心脏病危险
时间：2019-02-15 作者：英语课 分类：英语时差8，16
英语课
Meditation 1 isn't just for people seeking spiritual enlightenment. As you're probably aware, many people use meditation to relax. Relaxation 2 isn't simply a state of mind. Meditation produces physiological 3 effects that actually reverse the risk of cardiovascular disease.
In one study, patients with coronary heart disease were randomly 4 assigned to two different 16-week courses. One group took a course in health education, which included discussion of the impacts of stress, diet, and exercise on heart disease. The other group took a course in transcendental meditation. Transcendental meditation involves the use of a mantra, the repetition of a phrase or syllable 5, in order to quiet the mind.
At the conclusion of the courses, the group that practiced meditation lowered several of their risk factors for heart disease. They lowered both their blood pressure and their resistance to insulin. Insulin resistance means that cells that need insulin are unable to use it. When insulin resistance is lowered, these cells can then use insulin in order to pick up glucose 6 from the bloodstream. This lowers their blood glucose levels, which is important in lowering the risk of heart disease.
Lifestyle factors such as physical activity and diet certainly play important roles in determining a person's risk of heart disease, but so does stress. Stress causes the body to release hormones 7 that increase insulin resistance. Meditation counteracts 8 this effect of stress on insulin resistance.
Although transcendental meditation is the only method of relaxation so far to be shown to produce these specific benefits in reducing the risk of heart disease, other forms of relaxation, such as yoga or tai chi, may prove similarly beneficial.
So for your heart's sake, learn to relax.
n.熟虑，（尤指宗教的）默想，沉思，（pl.）冥想录
- This peaceful garden lends itself to meditation.这个恬静的花园适于冥想。
- I'm sorry to interrupt your meditation.很抱歉，我打断了你的沉思。
n.松弛，放松；休息；消遣；娱乐
- The minister has consistently opposed any relaxation in the law.部长一向反对法律上的任何放宽。
- She listens to classical music for relaxation.她听古典音乐放松。
adj.生理学的，生理学上的
- He bought a physiological book.他买了一本生理学方面的书。
- Every individual has a physiological requirement for each nutrient.每个人对每种营养成分都有一种生理上的需要。
adv.随便地，未加计划地
- Within the hot gas chamber, molecules are moving randomly in all directions. 在灼热的气体燃烧室内，分子在各个方向上作无规运动。 来自辞典例句
- Transformed cells are loosely attached, rounded and randomly oriented. 转化细胞则不大贴壁、圆缩并呈杂乱分布。 来自辞典例句
n.音节；vt.分音节
- You put too much emphasis on the last syllable.你把最后一个音节读得太重。
- The stress on the last syllable is light.最后一个音节是轻音节。
n.葡萄糖
- I gave him an extra dose of glucose to pep him up.我给他多注射了一剂葡萄糖以增强他的活力。
- The doctor injected glucose into his patient's veins.医生将葡萄糖注入病人的静脉。