六级To reduce or avoid it, researchers have examined the effect of smoking, diet, brain-challenging games, exercise and other strategies.

为了减少或避免吸烟，研究人员研究了吸烟、饮食、挑战大脑的游戏、锻炼和其他策略的影响。

六级However, despite 2 billion people worldwide already supplementing their diet with insects, consumer disgust remains a large barrier in many western countries.

然而，尽管全世界已有20亿人在饮食中添加昆虫，但消费者的厌恶感在许多西方国家仍然是一大障碍。

考研The parliament also agreed to ban websites that “incite excessive thinness” by promoting extreme dieting.

议会还同意禁止通过提倡极端节食来“煽动过度瘦身”的网站。

四级To help quantify ( ' , 量化 ) the costs of a poor diet, I recently tried to estimate this impact in terms of a most famous food, the burger ( ' , 汉堡包 ).

要帮助量化（'，量化 ) 关于不良饮食的成本，我最近试图用一种最著名的食物——汉堡包来估计这一影响，汉堡包 ).

六级The study also showed that the Mediterranean diet is as high as or higher in fat than other diets, obtaining up to 40% of all its calories from fat.

研究还表明，地中海饮食的脂肪含量与其他饮食相同或更高，从脂肪中获取的热量高达40%。

四级The researchers argued that breakfast helps reduce daily calorie intake and improve the quality of our diet—since breakfast foods are often higher in fibre and nutrients.

研究人员认为，早餐有助于减少每日热量摄入，提高我们的饮食质量，因为早餐食品通常含有较高的纤维和营养素。

四级Why do some people live to be older than others? You know the standard explanations: keeping a moderate diet, engaging in regular exercise, etc.

为什么有些人活得比别人老？你知道标准的解释：保持适度的饮食，经常锻炼，等等。

六级What do some nutritionists say about the strict vegetarian diet

一些营养学家对严格的素食有什么看法

六级Then there was the black tea and oolong tea diet, followed by the soybean diet and the tomato juice diet.

然后是红茶和乌龙茶饮食，接着是大豆饮食和番茄汁饮食。

六级International interest in the therapeutic qualities of the Mediterranean diet began back in the late 1950s, when medical researchers started to link the occurrence of heart disease with diet.

国际上对地中海饮食治疗质量的兴趣始于20世纪50年代末，当时医学研究人员开始将心脏病的发生与饮食联系起来。

六级So contrary to concerns, perhaps pasta can be part of a healthy diet.

因此，与担忧相反，也许面食可以成为健康饮食的一部分。

四级Jody has a Ph.D. in nutrition, but more important, she has personal experience—her mother taught her to diet when she was only eight years old.

乔迪有博士学位。在营养学方面，但更重要的是，她有自己的经验，她八岁时母亲就教她节食。

六级Research now says adding fiber to the teen diet may help lower the risk of breast cancer.

现在的研究表明，在青少年饮食中添加纤维可能有助于降低患乳腺癌的风险。

四级Nonetheless, physicians say that they look at the collective data and a clear picture emerges: that the salt, sugar, fat and processed foods in the American diet contribute to the nation's high rate of obesity, diabetes and heart disease.

尽管如此，医生们说，他们查看了这些集体数据，一幅清晰的画面浮现出来：美国饮食中的盐、糖、脂肪和加工食品导致了美国肥胖、糖尿病和心脏病的高发病率。

六级Perhaps worse, the detrimental effects of an unhealthy diet and insufficient exercise are not limited to your body.

也许更糟糕的是，不健康饮食和运动不足的有害影响并不局限于你的身体。

四级To help quantify the costs of a poor diet, I recently tried to estimate this impact in terms of a most famous food, the burger.

为了帮助量化不良饮食的成本，我最近试图用一种最著名的食物——汉堡来估计这种影响。

高考By eating more fast food, people will get more salt and fat than they need in their diet.

通过吃更多的快餐，人们会得到比他们的饮食需要更多的盐和脂肪。

六级She's using CT scans to measure muscle size and fat, and comparing seniors on a high-protein diet with those on regular diets.

她利用CT扫描测量肌肉大小和脂肪，并将高蛋白饮食的老年人与常规饮食的老年人进行比较。

六级For example, one study found healthy adults assigned to a high-fat diet for five days showed impaired attention, memory, and mood compared with a low-fat diet control group.

例如，一项研究发现，与低脂饮食对照组相比，接受高脂饮食五天的健康成年人注意力、记忆力和情绪都受损。

六级I remember in Japan, people heading directly to the fruit section in the supermarket, when the banana diet was at its peak.

我记得在日本，人们直接前往超市的水果区，那时香蕉饮食正处于高峰期。

六级They believe such a diet which includes no products from animal sources can be deficient in many of the necessary vitamins and minerals our bodies need.

他们认为，这种不含动物源产品的饮食可能缺乏我们身体所需的许多必要维生素和矿物质。

六级Bottom line, if you think you need more protein in your diet, consider these questions: Are you an extreme athlete; are you recovering from injury or surgery; or are you 60 years or older?

底线，如果你认为你需要更多的蛋白质在你的饮食，考虑这些问题：你是一个极端的运动员；您是否正在从受伤或手术中恢复；或者你是60岁或更大？

四级Combine her training with dieting.

将她的训练与节食结合起来。

六级Several noted nutritionists and research projects have concluded that this diet is one of the most healthful in the world in terms of preventing such illnesses as heart disease and cancer, and increasing life expectancy.

几位著名的营养学家和研究项目得出结论，这种饮食在预防心脏病和癌症等疾病以及提高预期寿命方面是世界上最健康的饮食之一。

四级One study recruited 200 obese adults to take part in a 16-week-long diet, where half added dessert to their breakfast, and half didn't.

一项研究招募了200名肥胖成年人参加为期16周的节食，其中一半在早餐中添加甜点，另一半不添加。

六级Kristi King, a diet specialist at Texas Children's Hospital, finds it's hard to get teenager patients' attention about healthy eating.

德克萨斯州儿童医院的饮食专家克里斯蒂·金（Kristi King）发现，很难让青少年患者关注健康饮食。

六级Body weight was not hugely different between the groups eating a healthy diet and those on high and sugar diets.

健康饮食组和高糖饮食组的体重差异不大。

六级Add more fruits and vegetables to her diet.

把更多的水果和蔬菜放进她的肚子里。

四级Research findings increasingly show the power of food to treat or reverse diseases, but that does not mean that diet alone is always the solution, or that every illness can benefit substantially from dietary changes.

研究结果越来越多地显示食物治疗或逆转疾病的能力，但这并不意味着饮食本身就是解决办法，也不意味着每种疾病都能从饮食变化中获得实质性的好处。

高考Now that the chances of dying young are much lower, the chances of living long are much higher due to better diets and health care.

现在，年轻时死亡的几率要低得多，而长寿的几率则要高得多，这得益于更好的饮食和医疗保健。

六级They really did very active promotion of diversity in the diet and good eating habits.

他们确实非常积极地促进了饮食的多样性和良好的饮食习惯。

四级This finding supported ConAgra's decision to position the product against other high quality frozen dinners, rather than as a diet or health food.

这一发现支持了康尼格拉的决定，即将该产品与其他高质量冷冻晚餐相比较，而不是作为一种饮食或健康食品。

四级Jody Hubbard is a diet and nutrition expert who travels around the state to speak in middle and high schools.

朱迪·哈伯德是一位饮食和营养专家，他周游全州，在中学和高中演讲。

六级Pasta is no longer off the menu, after a new review of studies suggested that the carbohydrate can form part of a healthy diet, and even help people lose weight.

一项新的研究表明，面食可以成为健康饮食的一部分，甚至可以帮助人们减肥。之后，面食不再被排除在菜单之外。

六级Many people now say the benefits of switching to vegetarian diet which excludes meat and fish.

许多人现在说，改吃不含肉和鱼的素食的好处。

高考Fat and salt are very important parts of a diet.

脂肪和盐是饮食中非常重要的部分。

高考You will stick to your diet.

你将坚持你的饮食。

六级If so, adding high protein foods like eggs and meat products to your diet can be beneficial?

如果是这样的话，在你的饮食中添加高蛋白食物，如鸡蛋和肉制品，会有好处吗？

四级"This finding supported ConAgra's decision to position the product against other high quality frozen dinners, rather than as a diet or health food.

“这一发现支持了康尼格拉的决定，即将该产品与其他高质量冷冻晚餐相比，而不是作为一种饮食或健康食品。

高考Diets have changed in China—and so too has its top crop.

中国的饮食结构发生了变化，顶级作物也发生了变化。

四级In general, many lifestyle medicine physicians recommend a plant-based diet—particularly for people with diabetes or other inflammatory conditions.

一般来说，许多生活方式医学医生建议以植物为基础的饮食，特别是对患有糖尿病或其他炎症的人。

六级However, some nutritionists advise against switching to a totally strict vegetarian diet

然而，一些营养学家建议不要转向完全严格的素食

六级But poor diet and physical inactivity also each increase the risk of heart disease and have a role to play in the development of some cancers.

但不良的饮食和缺乏体育锻炼也会增加患心脏病的风险，并在某些癌症的发展中发挥作用。

高考Worried about my health, I tried many different kinds of diets but nothing worked.

出于对健康的担忧，我尝试了多种不同的饮食，但都没有效果。

六级Recent research has also shown that indulging in a high-fat and high-sugar diet may have negative effects on your brain, causing learning and memory deficits.

最近的研究还表明，沉迷于高脂肪和高糖饮食可能会对大脑产生负面影响，导致学习和记忆障碍。

四级That study looked at nearly 28,000 Norwegian mothers and found that those moms who were more anxious, depressed and angry were more likely to feed their kids unhealthy diets.

这项研究调查了近28000名挪威母亲，发现那些更焦虑、抑郁和愤怒的母亲更有可能以不健康的饮食喂养孩子。

六级The other group—the control group—was put on a typical low-calorie diet with about 50 to 60 grams of protein a day.

另一组——对照组——每天摄入50到60克蛋白质，进行典型的低热量饮食。

四级"The body uses a lot of energy stores for growth and repair through the night," explains diet specialist Sarah Elder.

饮食专家莎拉·埃尔德解释说：“人体在夜间使用大量的能量储存进行生长和修复。”。

四级This finding supported ConAgra’s decision to position the product against other high quality frozen dinners, rather than as a diet or health food.

这一发现支持了康尼格拉的决定，即将该产品与其他高质量冷冻晚餐相比较，而不是作为一种饮食或健康食品。

六级In Europe, parts of Italy, Greece, Portugal, Spain, and southern France adhere to principles of the Mediterranean diet, as do Morocco and Tunisia in North Africa.

在欧洲，意大利、希腊、葡萄牙、西班牙和法国南部的部分地区遵循地中海饮食原则，北非的摩洛哥和突尼斯也是如此。

四级This, in turn, has a major effect on their diet, leading scientists to speculate that the ability to learn population-specific hunting methods could be driving the animals' genetic development.

这反过来又对它们的饮食产生重大影响，导致科学家推测，学习特定群体狩猎方法的能力可能会推动这些动物的基因发育。

四级There have been half-hearted but well-publicized efforts by some food companies to reduce calories in their processed foods, but the Standard American Diet is still the polar opposite of the healthy, mostly plant-based diet that just about every expert says we should be eating.

一些食品公司一直在努力降低加工食品中的卡路里含量，但这一努力并不热心，但却广为宣传，但标准的美国饮食与几乎所有专家都说我们应该吃的以植物为基础的健康饮食仍然是截然相反的。

考研And perhaps faintly, they hint that people should look to intangible qualities like character and intellect rather than dieting their way to size zero or wasp-waist physiques.

也许有点隐晦，他们暗示人们应该关注诸如性格和智力之类的无形品质，而不是通过节食来达到零号身材或黄蜂腰身材。

六级Parts of the Balkan region and Turkey follow the diet, as well as middle Eastern countries like Lebanon and Syria.

巴尔干地区的部分地区和土耳其以及黎巴嫩和叙利亚等中东国家都遵循这一饮食习惯。

四级Jody has a Ph.D.in nutrition, but more important, she has personal experience—her mother taught her to diet when she was only eight years old.

乔迪拥有营养学博士学位，但更重要的是，她有自己的经验，她八岁时母亲教她节食。

考研Stop laughing: It's not just cost effective but helps you balance your diet.

别笑了：这不仅划算，还能帮助你平衡饮食。

六级Exercise, diet, cognitive stimulation showed some positive effects, although the evidence was not so strong that we could actually consider these firmly established.

运动，饮食，认知刺激显示出一些积极的影响，虽然证据不那么强烈，我们可以真正考虑这些牢固建立。

六级No need to, says Pipitone, because, in fact, most of us already get enough protein in our diet.

没有必要，皮皮通说，因为事实上，我们大多数人的饮食中已经有足够的蛋白质。

考研Leading doctors today weigh in on the debate over the government's role in promoting public health by demanding that ministers impose "fat taxes" on unhealthy food and introduce cigarette-style warnings to children about the dangers of a poor diet.

今天，主要的医生们要求部长们对不健康食品征收“脂肪税”，并向孩子们发出关于不良饮食危害的香烟式警告，以此来参与有关政府在促进公共健康方面的作用的辩论。

六级Starr recently conducted a small study that found that adding extra protein foods to the diet of obese older individuals who were trying to lose weight strengthened their muscles.

斯塔尔最近进行了一项小型研究，发现在试图减肥的肥胖老年人的饮食中添加额外的蛋白质食物可以增强他们的肌肉。

六级The Mediterranean diet is based upon the eating patterns of traditional cultures in the Mediterranean region.

地中海饮食以地中海地区传统文化的饮食模式为基础。

六级The countries that have inspired the Mediterranean diet all surround the Mediterranean Sea.

激发地中海饮食的国家都围绕着地中海。

四级There have been half-hearted but well-publicized efforts by some food companies to reduce calories in their processed foods, but the Standard American diet is still the polar opposite of the healthy, mostly plant-based diet that just about every expert sa

一些食品公司为减少加工食品中的卡路里做出了半心半意但广为宣传的努力，但标准的美国饮食与几乎所有专家都认为是健康的、以植物为主的饮食相反

四级It's no secret that the Mediterranean diet is healthy, but it was also a joy to prepare and eat.

地中海饮食是健康的，这已不是什么秘密，但它也是一种准备和食用的乐趣。

四级First trying physical exercise and dieting, she lost some weight and discovered an inner strength.

首先尝试体育锻炼和节食，她减轻了一些体重，发现了内在的力量。

六级"The typical American diet is a lot higher in protein than a lot of us think," says registered dietitian Angela Pipitone.

注册营养师安吉拉·皮皮托内（Angela Pipitone）说：“典型的美国饮食中的蛋白质含量比我们想象的要高很多。”。

高考Here are some ways to turn your home into part of your diet plan.

这里有一些方法可以把你的家变成你饮食计划的一部分。

四级You know the standard explanations: keeping a moderate diet, engaging in regular exercise, etc.

你知道标准的解释：保持适度的饮食，经常锻炼，等等。