纪录片《节食还是截寿》 第42期:间歇性禁食会增加风险

So far, they've only done studies in mice,

迄今为止 他们只在小鼠身上做了研究

but they're about to carry out human trials.

但准备开展人类身上的测试

How good is the evidence that if someone like me

如果像我这样的人开始实行

were to start on intermittent¹ fasting,

间歇性禁食后结果会怎样

it would cut my risk of brain disease, broadly?

会显著地减少我患脑部疾病的风险吗

I think, from the human standpoint,

从人类的立场上来说

if we go on a scale from poor to good to very good

如果按差 好 很好

to excellent to outstanding,

极好到完美的标准来说

it's in the very good to excellent range.

实验结果应该属于很好到极好的范畴里

That's the way I would categorise it.

我是这么估计的

So, what's going on?

发生了什么呢

Well, when they examined the brains of the fasting mice,

他们检查了禁食小鼠的脑部

they found something extraordinary.

发现了些非比寻常的东西

These green objects are newborn brain cells.

这些绿色物体是新生的脑细胞

These three here are brand new...

这三个是全新的

Sporadic² bouts³ of hunger actually trigger

时时袭来的饥饿感实际上促使

new neurons to grow.

新的神经元生长

1 intermittent   

adj.间歇的，断断续续的

参考例句：

• Did you hear the intermittent sound outside?你听见外面时断时续的声音了吗？
• In the daytime intermittent rains freshened all the earth.白天里，时断时续地下着雨，使整个大地都生气勃勃了。

2 sporadic   

adj.偶尔发生的 [反]regular；分散的

参考例句：

• The sound of sporadic shooting could still be heard.仍能听见零星的枪声。
• You know this better than I.I received only sporadic news about it.你们比我更清楚，而我听到的只是零星消息。

3 bouts   

n.拳击（或摔跤）比赛( bout的名词复数 )；一段（工作）；（尤指坏事的）一通；（疾病的）发作

参考例句：

• For much of his life he suffered from recurrent bouts of depression. 他的大半辈子反复发作抑郁症。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• It was one of fistiana's most famous championship bouts. 这是拳击界最有名的冠军赛之一。 来自《现代英汉综合大词典》