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Fast food outlets could provide statin drugs free of 1 so that customers can reduce the heart disease dangers of fatty food, researchers at Imperial College London 2 in a new study.
- T+ h5 ]. ]# [4 w Statins reduce the 3 of unhealthy "LDL" cholesterol in the blood. A wealth of trial data has proven them to be highly effective at lowering a person’s heart attack 4 .
# ^7 o. M( S+ Q0 y) y8 \! n1 ]# g; z In a paper published in the American Journal of Cardiology,Dr Darrel Francis and colleagues calculate that the reduction in heart attack risk offered by a statin is 5 to offset the increase in heart attack risk from 6 a cheeseburger and drinking a milkshake. ^* _8 p6 N% Q* K
Dr Francis,from the National Heart and Lung Institute at Imperial College London,who is the senior author of the study, said:"Statins don’t cut out a11 of the 7 effects of cheeseburgers and French fries.It’s better to avoid fatty food altogether.But we’ve worked out that in terms of your 8 of having a heart attack. Taking a statin can reduce your risk to more or less the same 9 as a fast food meal increases it." "It’s ironic that people are free to take as many unhealthv condiments in fast food outlets as they 10 , but statins, which are beneficial to heart health, have to be prescribed. It makes sense to make risk-reducing statins available just as easily as the unhealthy condiments that are l 1 free of charge.It would cost less than 5 pence per 1 2 一not much different to a sachet of sugar." Dr Francis said.
- t* Q! S, G, L+ [. t* h When people engage in risky behaviours like driving or smoking, they’re encouraged to take 13 that lower their risk, 1ike 14 a seatbelt or choosing cigarettes with filters. Taking a statin is a rational way of 1 5 some of the risks of eating a fatty meal.
& v) r) @- q5 t/ V 词汇:
; \: C' e2 V$ \" \4 }* p statin n.降胆固醇药物 * {9 M. F8 R0 p$ w* g: [5 P
outlet n.销售点 2 b3 b Q. m& i4 [
cholesterol n.胆固醇 # l+ ]% L Z/ w+ q/ h+ w" z
offset V. 抵消,补偿 , q' R. J( f" V# d/ c2 ~) A- z% O
cheeseburger n.芝士汉堡包
# Y1 `. ]* I8 j5 v* v' W7 Y; S milkshake n.奶昔
5 R$ b; l/ Q9 [ condiment n .调味品 4 l/ X9 q7 @ h* U$ d% s* V# o/ L
sachet n.小袋,小包 / n o; ^- j* V# t: R$ Q+ o
rational adj.合理的 1 _) j8 C! A) S5 Z4 p" N% {
注释:
: D; C( [) L6 n' } 1. Fast food outlets could provide statin drugs: 句中的could 是一种委婉表达建议的用词,意为"可以"。
6 Z( P+ o1 x; v. @. E% U 2. Imperial College London: 帝国理工学院。该学院于1907 年由城市和行会学校、皇家矿业学校以及皇家科学学院合并组成。学院于2007 年7月正式脱离伦敦大学成为一所独立大学。提供本科和研究生教育,共有四个学院,工程学院、医学院、自然科学院和生命科学院
- B5 v6 x# y9 ?3 }* P 3. LDL cholesterol: 低密度脂蛋白胆固醇。LDL是low density lipoprotein(低密度脂蛋白)的缩写形式。
% }, g6 Y, x, s+ P' K& B2 E* b 4. a wealth of trial data: 大量的试验数据。a wealth of意为"大量的,许多"。 ) w' p" D; ~* i9 C5 r5 l
5. American Journal of Cardiology: 美国心脏病学杂志
1 z7 `3 k$ i& ~% M0 N 6. French fries:炸薯条
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