纪录片《节食还是截寿》 第9期:改写人体生理学

Washington University is at the heart of this new science.

华盛顿大学致力于这门新兴学科

We are rewriting human physiology¹ here!

我们将在这里改写人体生理学

It's astonishing, you know,

令人惊讶的是

how simple dietary intervention² can really change

简单的饮食干预就能轻易地真正改变

how the human body works, basically.

人体的基本运作方式

Professor Luigi Fontana

路易吉·冯坦纳教授

has spent the last ten years studying a group of people

在过去十年中针对

who severely³ calorie restrict every single day.

一群每天严格控制热量摄入的人进行了研究

And he is astonished by what he's found.

他也惊讶于他的发现

These people, they look like a different species.

这些人看起来像与我们不同的人种

- That's quite a big statement, isn't it? - Yes!

-这可真是个激进的说法啊 -是的

We are finding that

我们发现

they are going to live longer

比起吃典型美式饮食

than their parents and brothers

或西方饮食的父母和兄弟

on the typical American diet, or Western diets.

他们将会更加长寿

Luigi is clearly impressed,

路易吉的说法令人印象深刻

so I wanted to meet

因此我想亲自拜访

one of this new species of human for myself.

这种新人类中的一员

1 physiology   

n.生理学，生理机能

参考例句：

• He bought a book about physiology.他买了一本生理学方面的书。
• He was awarded the Nobel Prize for achievements in physiology.他因生理学方面的建树而被授予诺贝尔奖。

2 intervention   

n.介入，干涉，干预

参考例句：

• The government's intervention in this dispute will not help.政府对这场争论的干预不会起作用。
• Many people felt he would be hostile to the idea of foreign intervention.许多人觉得他会反对外来干预。

3 severely   

adv.严格地；严厉地；非常恶劣地

参考例句：

• He was severely criticized and removed from his post.他受到了严厉的批评并且被撤了职。
• He is severely put down for his careless work.他因工作上的粗心大意而受到了严厉的批评。