密歇根新闻广播 素食让疾病缠身几十年前狼獾队球员恢复健康

In the late 1980s, Marc Ramirez played football for the University of Michigan.

While he was playing he was able to eat pretty much whatever he wanted and stay healthy.

Then he graduated, and without all that physical activity, he started gaining weight and developing health problems.

Twelve years out of college, Ramirez was diagnosed¹ with type 2 diabetes². Over the next decade, he developed high blood pressure, high cholesterol³, psoriasis and more.

In 2011, Ramirez and his wife, after seeing a documentary⁴ about the harmful effects of animal foods, decided⁵ to go vegan. He told us that move radically⁶ changed their lives.

"Once we adopted this lifestyle in December of 2011—after, again, being sick for a decade—I was off all five of my medications in two months, and in three months I had lost 45 pounds," Ramirez said.

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Marc Ramirez is a former football player for the Michigan Wolverines. He and his wife now run a nonprofit organization called Chick and Bean, promoting the benefits of a plant-based lifestyle.

1 diagnosed   

诊断( diagnose的过去式和过去分词 )

参考例句：

• Some foetal malformations cannot be diagnosed until late in pregnancy. 有些胎儿的畸形部位得等到妊娠后期才能诊断出来。
• He diagnosed the trouble that caused the engine to knock. 他找出了引擎咔咔响的毛病所在。

2 diabetes   

n.糖尿病

参考例句：

• In case of diabetes, physicians advise against the use of sugar.对于糖尿病患者，医生告诫他们不要吃糖。
• Diabetes is caused by a fault in the insulin production of the body.糖尿病是由体內胰岛素分泌失调引起的。

3 cholesterol   

n.（U）胆固醇

参考例句：

• There is cholesterol in the cell of body.人体细胞里有胆固醇。
• They are determining the serum-protein and cholesterol levels.他们正在测定血清蛋白和胆固醇的浓度。

4 documentary   

adj.文献的；n.纪录片

参考例句：

• This case lacked documentary proof.本案缺少书面证据。
• I watched a documentary on the Civil War.我看了一部关于内战的纪录片。

5 decided   

adj.决定了的，坚决的；明显的，明确的

参考例句：

• This gave them a decided advantage over their opponents.这使他们比对手具有明显的优势。
• There is a decided difference between British and Chinese way of greeting.英国人和中国人打招呼的方式有很明显的区别。

6 radically   

ad.根本地，本质地

参考例句：

• I think we may have to rethink our policies fairly radically. 我认为我们可能要对我们的政策进行根本的反思。
• The health service must be radically reformed. 公共医疗卫生服务必须进行彻底改革。