纪录片《节食还是截寿》 第40期:小鼠探索迷宫（在线收听）

OK, Michael. We need to put some booties on!

好的 迈克尔 我们需要穿上鞋套

We're heading down into the basement

我们现在要前往

of the National Institute on Ageing.

国家衰老研究所的地下室

- OK? - Yeah.

-好了吗 -好了

Hidden away down here,

在地下室中

there's a special mouse he's keen to show me.

藏着只他特别想要给我看的特殊小鼠

This mouse is exploring a maze.

这只小鼠在探索迷宫

It's a memory test,

这是个记忆力测试

designed to see how well he remembers where he has found food before.

用来看它对之前食物所在地的记得有多好

- So the food is actually in there, is it? - The food's in here.

-食物在那里 对吧 -食物在这里

The mice they study are destined to develop Alzheimer's disease.

他们研究的小鼠生来注定会患老年痴呆症

Normally, they succumb

一般而言 它们会在

within a relatively short time,

相对较短的时间内死亡

but when these mice are put on a diet

但当这些小鼠采用了

of feast days and fast days,

隔日禁食的方法后

what Mark calls "Intermittent energy restriction",

马克称之为"间歇性能量摄入限制"

the results are incredible.

结果令人难以置信