时间:2018-12-28 作者:英语课 分类:初学者听力文摘精选


英语课

Nuts, Nuts, Good for Your Heart   吃坚果有益于你的心脏



Today’s program starts with a word association game. What comes to mind when you hear these words: almonds, walnuts 1, cashews, pistachios. Are you thinking scrumptious and satisfying? Or unhealthy and extravagant 2?

今天的节目从一个单词联想游戏开始。当你听到杏仁、核桃、腰果、开心果等单词时会联想到什么呢?是美味的满足感,还是不健康和放任自己?



Healthy Nut

有益健康的坚果



For many health-conscious folks, nuts are on the list of foods to avoid because they’re high in fat. And eighty to ninety percent of the calories in nuts do come from fat. But not all fats are created equal. The fat in nuts is unsaturated fat, which acts differently in the body than the saturated 3 fat found in meat and dairy products. While saturated fat can raise harmful LDL cholesterol 4 levels in the blood, the unsaturated fat in nuts can have the opposite effect, actually lowering the level of harmful cholesterol.

许多注重健康的人不吃坚果,因为它们脂肪含量高。坚果中百分之八十到九十的热量源自脂肪。但并非所有脂肪都一样。坚果中的脂肪是不饱和脂肪,它在人体内发挥的作用与肉奶类产品含有的饱和脂肪大不相同。饱和脂肪能引起血液中有害健康的低密度脂蛋白胆固醇水平升高,而坚果中的不饱和脂肪则恰恰相反,事实上它可以降低有害胆固醇的水平。



The saturated fat in meat and dairy products has long been associated with an increased risk of heart disease. But in several recent studies, folks who regularly ate nuts had a decreased risk of heart disease–anywhere from 35 to 50% lower, depending on the study.

长期以来,人们都把肉奶类产品中的饱和脂肪与心脏病的高发风险联系起来。但最近的一些研究表明,经常吃坚果的人们其患心脏病的风险降低百分之三十五至五十。



Great Snack!

很好的零食



So nuts aren’t the nutrition bad-guys that many people think. Quite the opposite–a handful of nuts makes a great snack or substitute for meat in a main course, and not only because of the benefits of the unsaturated fat. Nuts also contain a substantial amount of protein and tend to satisfy hunger. Of course, as with any high fat food, eating too much can put on the pounds. But taken in moderation, nuts are not only tasty, but good for your heart!

因此,坚果并非许多人认为的是营养坏东西。正相反,一把坚果是不错的零食或者可以替代主菜中的肉食,这不仅是因为不饱和脂肪具有的好处。坚果还含有大量蛋白质,能产生饱腹感。当然,同其它高脂肪食物一样,坚果吃多了也会增加体重。但适度食用,坚果不仅美味,而且有益于你的心脏。

 



1 walnuts
胡桃(树)( walnut的名词复数 ); 胡桃木
  • Are there walnuts in this sauce? 这沙司里面有核桃吗?
  • We ate eggs and bacon, pickled walnuts and cheese. 我们吃鸡蛋,火腿,腌胡桃仁和干酪。
2 extravagant
adj.奢侈的;过分的;(言行等)放肆的
  • They tried to please him with fulsome compliments and extravagant gifts.他们想用溢美之词和奢华的礼品来取悦他。
  • He is extravagant in behaviour.他行为放肆。
3 saturated
a.饱和的,充满的
  • The continuous rain had saturated the soil. 连绵不断的雨把土地淋了个透。
  • a saturated solution of sodium chloride 氯化钠饱和溶液
4 cholesterol
n.(U)胆固醇
  • 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。
学英语单词
accounting law
Adenophora stenanthina
adjustment of fundamental constant
antigoldstinos
arch-supports
assig
baryta phosphate crown
beauty itself
breaking off
buccina
cartoon-style
center line through plate
chevachance
city slicker
Clematis grandidentata
cold cathode discharge tube
collinear antenna
comes close
communication check summary counter
corporate income tax rate
cpis
cyberjournalists
d-arabinose
dead-man rule
dependee
diaria
digitus mortus
diphase
dywte
electrochemical factor
ellagic acid
Etmozine
excurses
FHC
four oars without
four-power
framesets
friciton compensation
gap bridging
genus Hamamelidoxylon
ginkgo nut
group system of wage payment
habaneras
Hemotene
hopped-up
hydrodynamically equivalent sphere
industrial controlling
instantaneous loss of shunting
interfector
irritative symptom of rectum
jeljaszewicz
lifestyle journalism
light end products
loriciferan
luminous intensity distribution curve
magnetic tape deck
Makemake
meridian astronomy
minimum graph
modernisers
mortared
multiple point loading
neurocardiac
nodosities
noynyng
oil-pot
open one's big mouth
output quantity
overcommon
papulose
posterior surface of lens
ratio of deck opening area
regressands
removed from
reverse-discrimination
rice huller
ripsnoriting
rond de jambe piqu?
sacral part
sarcosine hydrochloride
scientific ethics
score a bull's-eye
short input admittance
sick room
Sky-Fi
stereographic mapping
swoom
symbolic play
synapte
taste perception
tax in jeopardy
tensioner
threshold in fatigue crack propagation
time creep curve
toe in gauge
toll enrichment
Tortelleae
transmission line loss
turnover of all investment
uranyl zine acetate
velvety-skinned
VJing