【轻松英文阅读】多吃坚果的好处
时间：2018-12-28 作者：英语课 分类：轻松英文阅读
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Just a handful of nuts every day could help you live a longer and healthier life.
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According to a study from the New England Journal of Medicine people who eat just 35 grams of nuts every day had a 20 percent less chance of dying over a 30-year period. The same group also had much lower rates of heart disease. In fact, there was a 29% reduction in deaths from heart disease for nut eaters. There was also an 11% decrease in the risk of cancer.
Some people may worry that eating nuts can lead to obesity 1. But the study showed that nut eaters are actually significantly lighter 2.
Moreover, the beneficial effects were the same for a wide variety of nuts. This includes both peanuts and tree nuts like walnuts 3, pistachios, pine nuts and hazelnuts.
The researchers are still trying to understand the mechanism 4 for their beneficial effects. They believe there are substances in nuts that help our metabolism 5 in a positive way.
I think it may be a good time to start eating more nuts.
1 obesity
n.肥胖，肥大
- One effect of overeating may be obesity.吃得过多能导致肥胖。
- Sugar and fat can more easily lead to obesity than some other foods.糖和脂肪比其他食物更容易导致肥胖。
2 lighter
n.打火机，点火器；驳船；v.用驳船运送；light的比较级
- The portrait was touched up so as to make it lighter.这张画经过润色，色调明朗了一些。
- The lighter works off the car battery.引燃器利用汽车蓄电池打火。
3 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。
4 mechanism
n.机械装置；机构，结构
- The bones and muscles are parts of the mechanism of the body.骨骼和肌肉是人体的组成部件。
- The mechanism of the machine is very complicated.这台机器的结构是非常复杂的。
5 metabolism
n.新陈代谢
- After years of dieting,Carol's metabolism was completely out of whack.经过数年的节食，卡罗尔的新陈代谢完全紊乱了。
- All living matter undergoes a process of metabolism.生物都有新陈代谢。