【轻松英文阅读】多吃坚果的好处

 Just a handful of nuts every day could help you live a longer and healthier life.

 

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According to a study from the New England Journal of Medicine people who eat just 35 grams of nuts every day had a 20 percent less chance of dying over a 30-year period. The same group also had much lower rates of heart disease. In fact, there was a 29% reduction in deaths from heart disease for nut eaters. There was also an 11% decrease in the risk of cancer.

 

Some people may worry that eating nuts can lead to obesity¹. But the study showed that nut eaters are actually significantly lighter².

 

Moreover, the beneficial effects were the same for a wide variety of nuts. This includes both peanuts and tree nuts like walnuts³, pistachios, pine nuts and hazelnuts.

 

The researchers are still trying to understand the mechanism⁴ for their beneficial effects. They believe there are substances in nuts that help our metabolism⁵ in a positive way.

 

I think it may be a good time to start eating more nuts.

1 obesity   

n.肥胖，肥大

参考例句：

• One effect of overeating may be obesity.吃得过多能导致肥胖。
• Sugar and fat can more easily lead to obesity than some other foods.糖和脂肪比其他食物更容易导致肥胖。

2 lighter   

n.打火机，点火器；驳船；v.用驳船运送；light的比较级

参考例句：

• The portrait was touched up so as to make it lighter.这张画经过润色，色调明朗了一些。
• The lighter works off the car battery.引燃器利用汽车蓄电池打火。

3 walnuts   

胡桃（树）( walnut的名词复数 )； 胡桃木

参考例句：

• Are there walnuts in this sauce? 这沙司里面有核桃吗？
• We ate eggs and bacon, pickled walnuts and cheese. 我们吃鸡蛋，火腿，腌胡桃仁和干酪。

4 mechanism   

n.机械装置；机构，结构

参考例句：

• The bones and muscles are parts of the mechanism of the body.骨骼和肌肉是人体的组成部件。
• The mechanism of the machine is very complicated.这台机器的结构是非常复杂的。

5 metabolism   

n.新陈代谢

参考例句：

• After years of dieting,Carol's metabolism was completely out of whack.经过数年的节食，卡罗尔的新陈代谢完全紊乱了。
• All living matter undergoes a process of metabolism.生物都有新陈代谢。