按摩后大量饮水有助于排毒吗

 　　Question:

　　问：

　　Does drinking a lot of water after a massage¹ really help flush away toxins², or otherwise augment³ massage’s benefits?

　　在按摩推拿后大量饮水真有助于排毒么？如果不能，那么喝水是否有助于增加按摩的效益？

　　按摩后大量饮水有助于排毒吗

　　Answer:

　　答：

　　There are many reasons to indulge and get a massage. Well-designed studies have shown that massage can reduce levels of stress hormones⁴, such as cortisol, improve joint⁵ function and reduce pain in people with osteoarthritis, temporarily reduce muscle soreness after hard exercise, and speed healing of sore, overworked muscles by reducing inflammation and otherwise amplifying⁶ the muscle cells’ repair process.

　　有很多理由都支持人们纵情享受按摩推拿服务。若干经过精心设计的研究显示，按摩可以降低皮质醇等应激激素的水平，改善骨关节炎患者的关节功能并缓解疼痛，暂时减轻大量运动后的肌肉酸痛，通过减少炎症等途径增进肌肉细胞修复过程，使因过度劳累而酸痛的肌肉得以加速恢复。

　　What no persuasive⁷ science has shown is that massage releases toxins that then need to be flushed away. “I am unaware⁸ of any studies that support that idea,” said Dr. Adam Perlman, the executive director of Duke Integrative Medicine in Durham, N.C., who has conducted studies of massage. “Of course, I’m also unaware of any studies that disprove the idea.”

　　然而，尚无有说服力的科学证据显示按摩会释放出毒素并需要排毒。“据我所知，并无任何研究支持这一观点，”杜克大学中西医结合中心（Duke Integrative Medicine，位于北卡罗莱纳州德罕市）的执行董事，曾进行过按摩相关研究的亚当·珀尔曼(Adam Perlman)博士说。“当然，我也不知道有任何研究可以否定这一观点。”

　　“It’s possible that there might be an increase in certain metabolites after a massage,” Dr. Perlman said. But these molecules⁹ are byproducts of normal metabolic¹⁰ activity, are not toxic¹¹, he said, and do not need to be flushed away.

　　珀尔曼博士说：“在接受按摩后，某些代谢产物可能会有所增加。”但这些分子都是正常新陈代谢活动的副产物，并没有毒性，他说，不存在“排毒”的必要。

　　As for the widespread belief that massage can help to remove lactic¹² acid from sore muscles, “there’s pretty good evidence now that lactic acid is not harmful,” Dr. Perlman said. And a 2010 study found that postexercise massage didn’t remove lactic acid effectively anyway.

　　至于人们普遍认为按摩有助于从酸痛的肌肉中清除乳酸这一点，珀尔曼博士说：“现在已经有充分的证据证实乳酸对人体无害。”且2010年的一项研究发现，运动后进行按摩并没能有效地清除乳酸。

　　But these findings do not mean that people shouldn’t down a glass or two of water after a massage. “It’s a good idea to stay hydrated,” Dr. Perlman said.

　　但是，这些研究结果并不代表在接受按摩后不应饮水。珀尔曼博士说：“保持体内水分是一个好主意。”

　　“The bottom line,” he said, “is that while we don’t know that drinking water after a massage is helpful, it’s not likely to be harmful. So if you feel like it, drink up.”

　　“最起码，”他说，“虽然我们不知道按摩后喝水是否有所助益，但至少它不太可能会有害。所以，如果你觉得想喝水就喝呗。”

1 massage   

n.按摩，揉；vt.按摩，揉，美化，奉承，篡改数据

参考例句：

• He is really quite skilled in doing massage.他的按摩技术确实不错。
• Massage helps relieve the tension in one's muscles.按摩可使僵硬的肌肉松弛。

2 toxins   

n.毒素( toxin的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• The seas have been used as a receptacle for a range of industrial toxins. 海洋成了各种有毒工业废料的大容器。
• Most toxins are naturally excreted from the body. 大部分毒素被自然排出体外。 来自《简明英汉词典》

3 augment   

vt.(使)增大，增加，增长，扩张

参考例句：

• They hit upon another idea to augment their income.他们又想出一个增加收入的办法。
• The government's first concern was to augment the army and auxiliary forces.政府首先关心的是增强军队和辅助的力量。

4 hormones   

n. 荷尔蒙，激素 名词hormone的复数形式

参考例句：

• This hormone interacts closely with other hormones in the body. 这种荷尔蒙与体內其他荷尔蒙紧密地相互作用。
• The adrenals produce a large per cent of a man's sex hormones. 肾上腺分泌人体的大部分性激素。

5 joint   

adj.联合的，共同的；n.关节，接合处；v.连接，贴合

参考例句：

• I had a bad fall,which put my shoulder out of joint.我重重地摔了一跤，肩膀脫臼了。
• We wrote a letter in joint names.我们联名写了封信。

6 amplifying   

放大，扩大( amplify的现在分词 )； 增强； 详述

参考例句：

• Often they use borrowed funds, amplifying their gains and losses. 他们通常会用借贷的资金交易，从而放大收益或损失。
• An amplifying type (or analog) device, as opposed to digital device. 放大器类（或模拟）器件，相对于数字器件而言的。

7 persuasive   

adj.有说服力的，能说得使人相信的

参考例句：

• His arguments in favour of a new school are very persuasive.他赞成办一座新学校的理由很有说服力。
• The evidence was not really persuasive enough.证据并不是太有说服力。

8 unaware   

a.不知道的，未意识到的

参考例句：

• They were unaware that war was near. 他们不知道战争即将爆发。
• I was unaware of the man's presence. 我没有察觉到那人在场。

9 molecules   

分子( molecule的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• The structure of molecules can be seen under an electron microscope. 分子的结构可在电子显微镜下观察到。
• Inside the reactor the large molecules are cracked into smaller molecules. 在反应堆里，大分子裂变为小分子。

10 metabolic   

adj.新陈代谢的

参考例句：

• Impressive metabolic alternations have been undergone during embryogenesis.在胚胎发生期间经历了深刻的代谢变化。
• A number of intoxicants are associated with metabolic acidosis.许多毒性物质可引起代谢性酸中毒。

11 toxic   

adj.有毒的，因中毒引起的

参考例句：

• The factory had accidentally released a quantity of toxic waste into the sea.这家工厂意外泄漏大量有毒废物到海中。
• There is a risk that toxic chemicals might be blasted into the atmosphere.爆炸后有毒化学物质可能会进入大气层。

12 lactic   

adj.乳汁的

参考例句：

• Now they wear rubber fingers treated with lactic acid.现在他们带上了用乳酸处理过的橡皮指套。
• Lactic acid is an important organic acid of industrial importance.乳酸是一种具有重要工业价值的有机酸。