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(单词翻译:双击或拖选)
This is Scientific American's 60-second Science, I'm Christopher Intagliata.
这里是科学美国人——60秒科学系列,我是克里斯托弗·因塔格里塔。
If you have heart disease, your doctor might tell you, eat more vegetables. A tactic1 that has limited success.
如果你患有心脏病,医生可能会告诉你多吃蔬菜。但这种策略的效果有限。
"Getting people to change their diets is actually pretty hard. These are lessons I would give over and over again.
“让人们改变饮食相当困难。这是我一遍又一遍传授地经验。
And I would think, 'Why is this so hard to do?'"
我会思考,为什么这如此艰难?”
Jennifer L. Smith is a nurse researcher at the University of Kentucky
肯塔基大学的护理研究员詹妮弗·L·史密斯说到,
who now has a preliminary answer about why change is so hard: it might depend on your genes2.
她现在对改变如此艰难的原因有了初步答案:这可能取决于你的基因。
Specifically, whether or not you're genetically3 predisposed to perceive bitterness—and therefore bitter veggies.
具体来说,即你的基因是否易于感知苦味,能否接受苦味蔬菜。

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