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
3H
active hydrogen atom
airforces
Alaska rolls
alwil
amniotic
Amtel tellurium copper
antianaemic
be at sixes and sevens
be vital to
bi-national
bioautography
bite one's tongue
butynediol
buying expences
buzz cuts
cache server
Canadian Mounties
CFU-L
Changchon
child-centered education
cleftgrafting
close the title
coasta ibanestilor
coca leaves
context mechanism
cosmocampus banneri
curcin
cycle, duty
dracowolves
dragging track
drilling-off test
duthiella flaccida (card) broth
edmonia
emulsifying
epimorphosis
erection of steel work
fanaticize
floating guide ring
forgive-
Fresnel number
genal region
Grace Mountain
hauller
have it one's own way
heart surgeons
heat-pump air conditioner
homoiophones
infectious disease of aquatic animal
inter-bank market
Japanese tussah
leemings
lithotrophic
lonko
macrocalcification
memory holes
metallic dropper
mollicine
monochloro copper phthalocyanine
moral wrong
mote
Mount Willoughby
nerve-cords
paleocerebellum
Peineta, Cerro
pharyngo-esophageal voice
phytochelatin
podonotal shield
Popovo
population limitation
principal index for extraordinary ray
puritanic
quarter-wave stack
rebagliati
reseating
returned material journal
reverse circulation boring method
safety lumber milling machine
sampling straws
sensori-motor period
separating rate
serial control processor
single-track
slide-vane type rotary pump
sloppy joes
source-and-drain junction
St-Sernin-sur-Rance
swapped
sylow group
trackmaster
tramp-iron rejector
tricarboxylic acid
triquetroside
tritrichomonas suis
ulcerosa pharyngitis
unassuredly
uranium pentafluoride
wages for workmen
wet film thickness gauge
wild speculation
windslab avalanche
znaider