新奇事件簿 健康食物不健康

The salads and healthy pastas we buy to eat well may not be as good for us as we think. Campaigners say a lot of supposedly healthy food should carry a health warning because of the high salt content. The British pressure group Consensus¹ Action on Salt and Health (CASH) reported recently that many take-away salads and other foods aimed at the health conscious actually contain more salt than a Big Mac and fries. This means many British people are unknowingly overdosing on salt on a regular, if not daily, basis. This report comes hot on the heels of an earlier CASH finding that many pre-packaged sandwiches are up to seven times saltier than a bag of potato chips. The danger is that high salt consumption² causes high blood pressure, strokes and heart attacks.

沙拉和意大利面可能没我们想的那么健康。宣传人士表示由于盐含量过高，许多我们认为健康的食物实则存在健康隐患。英国“盐与健康共同行动”组织日前报告称，许多外带沙拉等“健康”食物实则为高盐食物，含量高于巨无霸和薯条。如果你不是每天食用的话，许多民众的盐摄入量仍经常超标。但在不久前，该组织又公布了一项研究结果，发现许多预先打包好的三明治含盐量超过了薯条的7倍。食用高盐食物会引发高血压、中风以及心脏病。

CASH looked at 156 readymade salads and pasta dishes from Britain’s leading food retailers³ and fast-food outlets⁴. The researchers discovered that compared with a Big Mac and small fries, which has 2.7 grams of salt, a noodle salad from a chain called EAT contained 4.4 grams per portion. This is almost three-quarters of the 6-gram recommended daily salt limit for an adult. Twenty per cent of the meals contained more salt than is ideal. Professor Graham MacGregor of CASH said: "Many people think of a salad as a healthy lunch and in many cases this is true.” He added: “We would encourage people to look out for low-salt, low-fat salads as a good lunchtime option.” However, he warned: “There are some salads out there which really ought to carry a health warning, rather than be thought of as a healthy option.”

该组织对英国主要食品零售商，快餐连锁店的156种即食沙拉和意大利面进行研究。研究人员发现，巨无霸和小薯条的含盐量为2.7克，“EAT”连锁店的面条沙拉含盐量为每份4.4克。这几乎是成人每天食用盐摄入量建议值的四分之三。20%的饭食含盐量超过理想值。该组织教授格雷厄姆·麦格瑞哲表示：“许多人认为沙拉是健康午餐，在许多情况下确实如此。”他还表示：“我们推荐人们食用低盐，低脂沙拉作为午餐首选。”然而，他警告称：“许多沙拉确实存在健康隐患，并不是人们所认为的健康选择。”

1 consensus   

n.(意见等的)一致，一致同意，共识

参考例句：

• Can we reach a consensus on this issue?我们能在这个问题上取得一致意见吗？
• What is the consensus of opinion at the afternoon meeting?下午会议上一致的意见是什么？

2 consumption   

n.消费，消耗，消费额，消耗量，结核病

参考例句：

• Consumption of oil has declined in recent years.石油消耗量在最近几年下降了。
• The meat was condemned as unfit for human consumption.这种肉已被宣布不适宜人们食用。

3 retailers   

零售商，零售店( retailer的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• High street retailers reported a marked increase in sales before Christmas. 商业街的零售商报告说圣诞节前销售量显著提高。
• Retailers have a statutory duty to provide goods suitable for their purpose. 零售商有为他们提供符合要求的货品的法定义务。

4 outlets   

n.出口( outlet的名词复数 )；经销店；插座；廉价经销店

参考例句：

• The dumping of foreign cotton blocked outlets for locally grown cotton. 外国棉花的倾销阻滞了当地生产的棉花的销路。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• They must find outlets for their products. 他们必须为自己的产品寻找出路。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》