纪录片《节食还是截寿》 第16期:饮食健康

It is as if we are two different species.

我们的确像是属于两个不同人种

Joe's diet seems to be keeping his organs in pristine¹ condition.

乔的饮食让他的器官保持最佳状态

My diet is undermining my health, and fast.

而我的饮食结构在迅速掏空我的身体

Well, that was very sobering.

这真是如同当头棒喝

Luigi does not mince² his words.

路易吉没有拐弯抹角

He talked a bit about abdominal³ fat.

他提到了腹部脂肪

In fact, he talked quite a lot about my abdominal fat.

事实上 关于我的腹部脂肪他说了很多

I've never thought of myself as particularly fat.

我从没想到过自己非常胖

But it was the sort of two visions he held out to me.

他为我分析了两种生活方式的未来

One, where, if I continue as I am at the moment,

其中一个是 如果继续照现状生活

I'm heading almost certainly for heart disease and possibly worse.

我必将罹患心脏病 甚至更糟

The other is, if I embrace the CR way, the calorie restriction⁴ way,

另一个 如果我开始过低热量饮食的生活

he said I could be effectively cured in less than a year.

他认为我可以在不到一年的时间里好转

My risk factors would move from being

我的健康风险将由

almost certainly a cardiac victim at some point

几乎肯定会患心血管疾病

to one in a million.

降低到百万分之一的患病几率

When you put it as starkly⁵ as that,

当现实严酷到如此地步时

it's given me a lot to think about.

我的确应该好好考虑了

1 pristine   

adj.原来的，古时的，原始的，纯净的，无垢的

参考例句：

• He wiped his fingers on his pristine handkerchief.他用他那块洁净的手帕擦手指。
• He wasn't about to blemish that pristine record.他本不想去玷污那清白的过去。

2 mince   

n.切碎物；v.切碎，矫揉做作地说

参考例句：

• Would you like me to mince the meat for you?你要我替你把肉切碎吗？
• Don't mince matters,but speak plainly.不要含糊其词，有话就直说吧。

3 abdominal   

adj.腹（部）的，下腹的；n.腹肌

参考例句：

• The abdominal aorta is normally smaller than the thoracic aorta.腹主动脉一般比胸主动脉小。
• Abdominal tissues sometimes adhere after an operation.手术之后腹部有时会出现粘连。

4 restriction   

n.限制，约束

参考例句：

• The park is open to the public without restriction.这个公园对公众开放，没有任何限制。
• The 30 mph speed restriction applies in all built-up areas.每小时限速30英里适用于所有建筑物聚集区。

5 starkly   

adj. 变硬了的,完全的 adv. 完全,实在,简直

参考例句：

• The city of Befast remains starkly divided between Catholics and Protestants. 贝尔法斯特市完全被处在天主教徒和新教徒的纷争之中。
• The black rocks stood out starkly against the sky. 那些黑色的岩石在天空衬托下十分显眼。