万花筒2013-03-29&03-31 吃盐过量危险！

 Big health news this morning and a wake-upcall about salts. A new study at Harvard says salt plays a role in the death of2.3 million people a year across the world. And it also turns out that 10% ofdeaths here in the U.S.are linked to eating too much salt. And for more in the study, we turned toDoctor Tara Shirazian in the Mt. Sinai Hospital.

--Good morning to you, doctor. And youknow, we spent so much time focusing on the dangers of sugar. Now,this study indicates that salt could be even deadly. How long are you as adoctor when you hear these statistics¹? 

--I抦 concerned, I抦 definitely concerned, as you can see here on the left,this represents how much salt the average American takes in in their diet eachday, 3,400 milligrams roughly, compared to the American Heart Associationrecommended amount, which is 1,500 milligrams. So we抮e eating far more salt inour diet than we should. And it抯 been linked to high blood pressure,cardiovascular disease and stroke. So it抯 very concerned.

--So we all know that the usual suspects potato chips, French fries, etc. Whatare the surprising source of salt in our diet and what should we be eatinginstead?

--Most surprising is that there is a large amount of salt in both bread andcheese, so we consume a lot of bread and cheese, so we should be aware of that.And instead, we should definitely focus on fresh fruits and vegetables.

--A lot of people are gonna say: I don抰 want to have fresh fruits andvegetables, I like my bread and cheese.

--Sure. I mean everything in moderation. I think, you know, as long as we areconscious, health-conscious food-label readers, look at the label on our foods thatwe buy. Pre-packaged foods and see the sodium² content, I think, you know,that抯 we抮e trying to keep below those recommended numbers.

--But this trend really starts at an early age, right? I mean the studysuggests that three out of four pre-packaged meals for toddlers contain toomuch salt as well.

--And you know, that to me is very surprising and somewhat alarming, as aparent, that the pre-packaged foods for toddlers contain so much salt. So againreading those food labels is so important. Some foods contain as much as 600mgsor so.

--And the addiction³ starts. So even now I'm feeding my son, I want to put somesalt suit to my, no no, I抦 going to do that quite so soon. These are alarmingfigures.

1 statistics   

n.统计，统计数字，统计学

参考例句：

• We have statistics for the last year.我们有去年的统计资料。
• Statistics is taught in many colleges.许多大学都教授统计学。

2 sodium   

n.（化）钠

参考例句：

• Out over the town the sodium lights were lit.在外面，全城的钠光灯都亮了。
• Common salt is a compound of sodium and chlorine.食盐是钠和氯的复合物。

3 addiction   

n.上瘾入迷，嗜好

参考例句：

• He stole money from his parents to feed his addiction.他从父母那儿偷钱以满足自己的嗜好。
• Areas of drug dealing are hellholes of addiction,poverty and murder.贩卖毒品的地区往往是吸毒上瘾、贫困和发生谋杀的地方。