时差N小时 尽情享受食物可以增加营养的吸收

Did last night's dinner make you drool with anticipation¹?

昨天的晚餐有没有让你垂涎三尺、充满期待？

Did lunch have you licking your chops?

你的午餐是否让你意犹未尽？

According to research by teams from Thailand and Sweden, enjoying your food increases thenourishment your body receives from it.

一项来自泰国和瑞典的研究小组的研究显示，尽情享用食物会增加机体对营养物质的吸收。

Imagine a bowl of Thai vegetables and rice in coconut² milk, seasoned with hot chili³ paste.

准备一碗用非常辣的辣椒酱调味的泰式蔬菜米饭椰子汁。

Sounds crumptious?

听起来很可口吧？

Or too spicy⁴ for your palate?

或者对于你的口味来说太辣了？

The researchers served this dish to Thai womenaccustomed to such fare, then measured how much iron they absorbed.

研究人员向已经适应了这种口味的泰国女性提供这道菜，然后测试她们吸收了多少铁。

Next, the researchers served the same meal to Swedish women accustomed to less spice. Guesswhat happened?

然后，研究人员向不太能吃辣的瑞典女性提供了同一道菜。猜猜发生了什么？

The Swedish women absorbed significantly less iron than their Thai counterparts.

相对泰国女性而言，这些瑞典女性吸收的铁明显少了很多。

Going further, the researchers served the Thai women the same ingredients, processed into anunappetizing, goopy puree.

更进一步地，研究人员向泰国女性提供了一种相同成分的，但是制作成毫无吸引力的，泥糊状的浓汤。

This time, the Thai women absorbed 70% less iron than they hadbefore.

这次，泰国女性吸收的铁仅为之前的30%。

The researchers believe the answer's in the brain.

研究人员认为答案在于大脑。

Before you eat a bite, there's a brain phase ofdigestive secretion⁵.

当我们吃一口食物时，大脑里有一个消化分泌阶段。

Seeing, smelling, or just anticipating a good meal prompts the brain to sendmessages to glands⁶ along the digestive tract⁷.

视觉，嗅觉，或者仅仅是对美食的期待，会促使大脑传递信号到消化道的腺体。

Hey you guys!Yummy morsels⁸ coming! These happy thoughts prompt secretion of saliva⁹, gastric¹⁰ juices andenzymes for digestion¹¹.

嗨，伙计们，美食就要来啦！这些愉悦的思想促进唾液，胃液和消化酶的分泌来帮助消化。

In particular, acidic gastric juices are key to iron absorption.

特别要说的是，酸性的胃液是铁吸收的关键物质。

Without theacid, the body absorbs little iron.

没有酸，机体几乎不能吸收铁。

When you're relaxed and enjoying your food, your brain primes your gut¹² to absorb the mostnutrients.

但当你放松下来并且享用食物时，大脑会促使你的肠道吸收最大化的营养。

So there's scientific evidence for something we've suspected all along an appealing,leisurely meal is a lot more nutritious¹³ than unappetizing grub!

因此，该实验结果也成了支持我们猜想的论据，即一餐令人食指大动，逍遥自在的美食，远比毫无吸引力的食物要有营养得多。

1 anticipation   

n.预期，预料，期望

参考例句：

• We waited at the station in anticipation of her arrival.我们在车站等着，期待她的到来。
• The animals grew restless as if in anticipation of an earthquake.各种动物都变得焦躁不安，像是感到了地震即将发生。

2 coconut   

n.椰子

参考例句：

• The husk of this coconut is particularly strong.椰子的外壳很明显非常坚固。
• The falling coconut gave him a terrific bang on the head.那只掉下的椰子砰地击中他的脑袋。

3 chili   

n.辣椒

参考例句：

• He helped himself to another two small spoonfuls of chili oil.他自己下手又加了两小勺辣椒油。
• It has chocolate,chili,and other spices.有巧克力粉，辣椒，和其他的调味品。

4 spicy   

adj.加香料的；辛辣的，有风味的

参考例句：

• The soup tasted mildly spicy.汤尝起来略有点辣。
• Very spicy food doesn't suit her stomach.太辣的东西她吃了胃不舒服。

5 secretion   

n.分泌

参考例句：

• Is there much secretion from your eyes?你眼里的分泌物多吗？
• In addition,excessive secretion of oil,water scarcity are also major factors.除此之外，油脂分泌过盛、缺水也都是主要因素。

6 glands   

n.腺( gland的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• a snake's poison glands 蛇的毒腺
• the sebaceous glands in the skin 皮脂腺

7 tract   

n.传单，小册子，大片(土地或森林)

参考例句：

• He owns a large tract of forest.他拥有一大片森林。
• He wrote a tract on this subject.他曾对此写了一篇短文。

8 morsels   

n.一口( morsel的名词复数 )；（尤指食物）小块，碎屑

参考例句：

• They are the most delicate morsels. 这些确是最好吃的部分。 来自辞典例句
• Foxes will scratch up grass to find tasty bug and beetle morsels. 狐狸会挖草地，寻找美味的虫子和甲壳虫。 来自互联网

9 saliva   

n.唾液，口水

参考例句：

• He wiped a dribble of saliva from his chin.他擦掉了下巴上的几滴口水。
• Saliva dribbled from the baby's mouth.唾液从婴儿的嘴里流了出来。

10 gastric   

adj.胃的

参考例句：

• Miners are a high risk group for certain types of gastric cancer.矿工是极易患某几种胃癌的高风险人群。
• That was how I got my gastric trouble.我的胃病就是这么得的。

11 digestion   

n.消化，吸收

参考例句：

• This kind of tea acts as an aid to digestion.这种茶可助消化。
• This food is easy of digestion.这食物容易消化。

12 gut   

n.[pl.]胆量；内脏；adj.本能的；vt.取出内脏

参考例句：

• It is not always necessary to gut the fish prior to freezing.冷冻鱼之前并不总是需要先把内脏掏空。
• My immediate gut feeling was to refuse.我本能的直接反应是拒绝。

13 nutritious   

adj.有营养的，营养价值高的

参考例句：

• Fresh vegetables are very nutritious.新鲜蔬菜富于营养。
• Hummingbirds have discovered that nectar and pollen are very nutritious.蜂鸟发现花蜜和花粉是很有营养的。