Free Statins With Fast Food Could Neutralize Heart Risk
; V# a- h; |6 B$ Q' O% b/ C6 P 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.
1 p2 H+ X0 P, ^2 e7 h: E 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 y6 S! P$ I* m$ y7 b
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.
0 I& ~4 L7 t& Z: E& n0 A' f" R 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. ; Y" t' W! B8 M% {
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. 2 w+ I/ P$ n- s3 {5 j _$ k
词汇: 9 _! ?# @: z v$ C+ [7 N! S
statin n.降胆固醇药物 9 w7 u5 ~0 f1 t
outlet n.销售点 e* t, } ?' }
cholesterol n.胆固醇
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cheeseburger n.芝士汉堡包 F' Q( s! K. g, t: M6 U. L
milkshake n.奶昔
4 v8 u. | n8 j }9 w; Y& @ condiment n .调味品 $ `; |- w1 [) Z7 ]) k1 r2 P
sachet n.小袋,小包 $ N; H9 v" u8 n* `; z
rational adj.合理的 & C' S& h6 P. N% ^
注释:
6 k+ j. D0 ]! `" z/ Q2 K* ?7 i# i 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"。
4 v" K" N! S8 ` 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
( C. ]0 [( }* T9 V4 s 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。
) J- w3 n- m& h" H1 D' {1 k4 e 4. a wealth of trial data: 大量的试验数据。a wealth of意为"大量的,许多"。 3 x6 w& C8 ^6 m6 m
5. American Journal of Cardiology: 美国心脏病学杂志
8 n9 Q3 o* `4 V( T0 h7 i1 Y 6. French fries:炸薯条
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