什么样的食物是健康的？

Credit goes to dickyduann, pelesink, carolfan, lattearoma, 会思考的芦苇 and yerick. Many thanks to your sincere participation¹!

Matt Lauer: Though should chocolate lovers everywhere be rejoicing today, Samantha Heller is a contributing editor of Health Magazine and a clinical nutritionist at New York University Medical Center. Hey Samantha, good morning.

Samantha Heller: Good morning.

Matt Lauer: People tend to do the one plus one equals two, and consider thing Ok, I just heard this news and I'm going out buying a lot of chocolate. Bad idea?

Samantha Heller: It's a bad idea. And the reason is that the way we process chocolate in this country , in the way we dilute² with a lot of sugar and fat takes out a lot of the healthy compounds.

Matt Lauer: And I am basically talking about dark chocolate that is good for you. In this country there are more people who tend to consume milk chocolate.

Samantha Heller: That's right. That's diluted³ and it's treated to take the bitterness of dark chocolate out. And that's also taking out the healthy compound that's in it. which you can that you can take, like cocoa powder and make your own hot chocolate and you're getting some of the benefits.

Matt Lauer: But you don't dispute the fact that this flavonoid seeder found in chocolate may be beneficial healthwise.

Samantha Heller: It may absolutely be beneficial but what we are finding out in research is when you isolate⁴ a compound from food that's healthy in the food, it may not have the effect by itself in your body that we would anticipate.

Matt Lauer: So, more research needs to be done?

Samantha Heller: So much more research, yes.

Matt Lauer: While we have you here, we wanna talk about some other foods in the news if you will. ( OK. ) I've been hearing so much. Really this has been in the last couple of years. Green tea. Everybody is talking about it. You've seen it in advertise. People I know have said that stop drinking coffee in the morning, I'm drinking green tea. What's the potential benefit here?

Samantha Heller: Green tea is packed with polyphenols. These are chemicals that actually help fight disease , high in anti-oxidants. Green tea has been showing to be anti-carcinogenic, anti-tumorgenic and may even help prevent cavities.

Matt Lauer: No caffeine? there is caffeine?

Samantha Heller: There is some caffeine sure.

Matt Lauer: So by switching from coffee to green tea in the morning might we be doing some, helping⁶ ourselves?

Samantha Heller: You certainly might be. I don't think you will get the caffeine kick that you get from coffee, but the green tea is a great choice.

Matt Lauer: Alright, we've got a couple of other things we wanna talk about. First is ginger⁷. What's the benefit to ginger?

Samantha Heller: Ginger, again, anti-nausea, anti-motion sickness.

Matt Lauer: Actually a lot of pregnant women use ginger for morning sickness.

Samantha Heller: Yeah. It's great for that. You can have ginger tea. It's versatile⁸ and also some of the anti-inflammatories may be good for people with arthritis⁹.

Matt Lauer: Is this turmeric or turmeric?

Samantha Heller: Turmeric. It's the bright yellow spice in here. And there's a compound called curcumin which is been shown to fight cancer. It's very potent⁵, very strong.

Matt Lauer: We all know that fruits and vegetables are good for us, but you in particular wanna just mention today the cruciferous. That's the vegetables which are things like broccoli¹⁰ and Brussels sprouts¹¹.

Samantha Heller: That's right. Now these have compounds called indoles and others that are very anti-cancergenic, protect against stomach, colorectal cancer, lung cancer and breast cancer and may help detoxify the liver disease. These are very important, very helpful.

Matt Lauer: Down on the end of the table, I just wanna say here basically you say anything that comes or as a product from other animal is not good except in small amounts.

Samantha Heller: That's right. And the reason is that it has artery-clogging fat, saturated¹² fat, not good for you. But the lower, non-fat choices are good. Fat-free ice cream ,cheese, etc.

Matt Lauer: And just as a way of event ending here, for years, when I was feeling that I was getting a cold, I started taking Echinacea never felt better. And now we are hearing word that perhaps I wasn't alone.

Samantha Heller: Well you are not alone, but actually with Echinacea, they were looking at colds that may have effects on respiratory. We are not sure yet and there's a differenct kinds of Echinacea.

Matt Lauer: Alright, Samantha Heller, thanks very much.

1 participation   

n.参与，参加，分享

参考例句：

• Some of the magic tricks called for audience participation.有些魔术要求有观众的参与。
• The scheme aims to encourage increased participation in sporting activities.这个方案旨在鼓励大众更多地参与体育活动。

2 dilute   

vt.稀释，冲淡；adj.稀释的，冲淡的

参考例句：

• The water will dilute the wine.水能使酒变淡。
• Zinc displaces the hydrogen of dilute acids.锌置换了稀酸中的氢。

3 diluted   

无力的，冲淡的

参考例句：

• The paint can be diluted with water to make a lighter shade. 这颜料可用水稀释以使色度淡一些。
• This pesticide is diluted with water and applied directly to the fields. 这种杀虫剂用水稀释后直接施用在田里。

4 isolate   

vt.使孤立，隔离

参考例句：

• Do not isolate yourself from others.不要把自己孤立起来。
• We should never isolate ourselves from the masses.我们永远不能脱离群众。

5 potent   

adj.强有力的，有权势的；有效力的

参考例句：

• The medicine had a potent effect on your disease.这药物对你的病疗效很大。
• We must account of his potent influence.我们必须考虑他的强有力的影响。

6 helping   

n.食物的一份&adj.帮助人的，辅助的

参考例句：

• The poor children regularly pony up for a second helping of my hamburger. 那些可怜的孩子们总是要求我把我的汉堡包再给他们一份。
• By doing this, they may at times be helping to restore competition. 这样一来, 他在某些时候,有助于竞争的加强。

7 ginger   

n.姜，精力，淡赤黄色；adj.淡赤黄色的；vt.使活泼，使有生气

参考例句：

• There is no ginger in the young man.这个年轻人没有精神。
• Ginger shall be hot in the mouth.生姜吃到嘴里总是辣的。

8 versatile   

adj.通用的，万用的；多才多艺的，多方面的

参考例句：

• A versatile person is often good at a number of different things.多才多艺的人通常擅长许多种不同的事情。
• He had been one of the game's most versatile athletes.他是这项运动中技术最全面的运动员之一。

9 arthritis   

n.关节炎

参考例句：

• Rheumatoid arthritis has also been linked with the virus.风湿性关节炎也与这种病毒有关。
• He spent three months in the hospital with acute rheumatic arthritis.他患急性风湿性关节炎，在医院住了三个月。

10 broccoli   

n.绿菜花，花椰菜

参考例句：

• She grew all the broccoli plants from seed.这些花椰菜都是她用种子培育出来的。
• They think broccoli is only green and cauliflower is only white.他们认为西兰花只有绿色的，而菜花都是白色的。

11 sprouts   

n.新芽，嫩枝( sprout的名词复数 )v.发芽( sprout的第三人称单数 )；抽芽；出现；（使）涌现出

参考例句：

• The wheat sprouts grew perceptibly after the rain. 下了一场雨，麦苗立刻见长。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》
• The sprouts have pushed up the earth. 嫩芽把土顶起来了。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》

12 saturated   

a.饱和的，充满的

参考例句：

• The continuous rain had saturated the soil. 连绵不断的雨把土地淋了个透。
• a saturated solution of sodium chloride 氯化钠饱和溶液