超级减肥王饮食分析

 　　Although I've only seen part of one episode of the TV show "The Biggest Loser", I've been curious about the Biggest Loser Diet I've been hearing about. I was sure it is low in calories, but how were the calories distributed? In particular, did contestants¹ cut down their carb intake²? To aid me in my research, I took the description of the Biggest Loser Diet in Prevention magazine, and created menus for three different days of the diet.

　　虽然我只看过电视节目“最大的输家”的片段，但是我一直对关于我听到的超级减肥王感到好奇。我确信它是低热量的，但热量如何分布？特别是，参赛选手要减少碳水化合物的摄入量吗?为了促进我的研究，在美国预防杂志上我对超级减肥王饮食进行了说明,创建了三天饮食不重样的菜单。

　　I tried to choose menus that I thought would be typical when following the guidelines, and deliberately³ avoided making choices that were the highest or lowest in carbs in each category. Here's what I found out about the Biggest Loser Diet:

　　在遵循指导方针的情况下，我试着选出了我认为比较典型的菜单，在每个分类中，刻意去避免选择碳水化合物高或低的食物。这就是我在超级减肥王饮食中的发现:

　　1) Calories: The diet has about 1100 calories per day

　　1）卡路里：该食谱中，每天饮食中摄取大概1100卡路里

　　2) Carbohydrate⁴: The menus I chose were between 88 and 120 grams of carbohydrate per day, which was between 42% and 53% of the calories. The diet does not allow any added sugar, refined grains, or potatoes, so most people would be eating a diet that is somewhat lower in carbs, and much less glycemic than the way most people eat.

　　2）碳水化合物：我选的菜单里，碳水化合物每天摄取88至120克，等于摄取42-53%的热量。食谱中不允许添加糖、细粮或者土豆，所以大多数人吃的这顿饭，有含量很低低的碳水化合物、比大多数人摄取更少的血糖。

　　3) Protein: The diet is relatively⁵ high in protein. The menus I chose were between 100 and 120 grams of protein per day, which was between 35% and 46% of the calories.

　　3）蛋白质：饮食中蛋白质相对较高，我选的菜单是蛋白质每天摄取100-120克， 等于摄取35%-46%的热量。

　　4) Fat: The diet is very low in fat. The highest fat day was the one where salmon⁶ was included; that one had 20 grams of fat at 16% of calories. Other days were around 12% fat.

　　4）脂肪：饮食中脂肪含量很低，每天最高的脂肪摄取量是一只鲑鱼含有的脂肪量；一只鲑鱼含 20克脂肪和16%的热量，其他天大约是12%的脂肪。

1 contestants   

n.竞争者，参赛者( contestant的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• The competition attracted over 500 contestants representing 8 different countries. 这次比赛吸引了代表8个不同国家的500多名参赛者。
• Two candidates are emerging as contestants for the presidency. 两位候选人最终成为总统职位竞争者。 来自《简明英汉词典》

2 intake   

n.吸入，纳入；进气口，入口

参考例句：

• Reduce your salt intake.减少盐的摄入量。
• There was a horrified intake of breath from every child.所有的孩子都害怕地倒抽了一口凉气。

3 deliberately   

adv.审慎地；蓄意地；故意地

参考例句：

• The girl gave the show away deliberately.女孩故意泄露秘密。
• They deliberately shifted off the argument.他们故意回避这个论点。

4 carbohydrate   

n.碳水化合物；糖类；(plural)淀粉质或糖类

参考例句：

• You should not have too much carbohydrate in your diet.你日常饮食中不该有过多碳水化合物。
• Cashew nuts are rich in carbohydrate.腰果含丰富碳水化合物。

5 relatively   

adv.比较...地，相对地

参考例句：

• The rabbit is a relatively recent introduction in Australia.兔子是相对较新引入澳大利亚的物种。
• The operation was relatively painless.手术相对来说不痛。

6 salmon   

n.鲑，大马哈鱼，橙红色的

参考例句：

• We saw a salmon jumping in the waterfall there.我们看见一条大马哈鱼在那边瀑布中跳跃。
• Do you have any fresh salmon in at the moment?现在有新鲜大马哈鱼卖吗？