英語(yǔ)聽(tīng)力文摘大豆和前列腺

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Prostate and Soy

吃大豆有什么好處?大豆對(duì)男性的好處主要體現(xiàn)在保護(hù)前列腺上。撒且爾教授指出，研究顯示，每天喝一杯豆奶，男性得前列腺癌的風(fēng)險(xiǎn)能降低30%;喝兩杯，則能把風(fēng)險(xiǎn)降低70%。跟肉類相比，豆類蛋白質(zhì)豐富而不含膽固醇。對(duì)人體不利的飽和脂肪酸含量很低，對(duì)健康更為有利。很多男性非常愛(ài)惜自己的身材，豆類中豐富的蛋白質(zhì)能夠?qū)∪馄鸬綘I(yíng)養(yǎng)補(bǔ)充的作用，加強(qiáng)健身的效果。研究顯示，每天喝一杯豆奶，男性得前列腺癌的風(fēng)險(xiǎn)能降低30%;喝兩杯，則能把風(fēng)險(xiǎn)降低70%。他解釋，這主要是因?yàn)樵谌藗兪秤么蠖辜捌渲破分?，腸中會(huì)分解一種物質(zhì)，這種物質(zhì)能夠抑制乙羥基睪丸素的形成，該睪丸素很有可能會(huì)導(dǎo)致前列腺癌。這種物質(zhì)還可以防止脫發(fā)，對(duì)于那些有脫發(fā)趨向的男性來(lái)說(shuō)，這無(wú)疑是個(gè)福音。

Learn about yet another benefit to eating soy, on this Moment of Science.

What about some of this tofu salad?Why are you pushing (1)soy food on me?Because it turns out that there is yet another benefit to consuming soy, and this benefit is for men specifically. When digested, soy creates a molecule(分子) called equol(雌馬酚), which blocks the male hormone dihydrotestosterone(二氫睪酮), otherwise known as DHT(雙氫睪丸酮).

Testosterone(睪酮) does serve important functions, but DHT is not so desirable, considering its involvement in prostate cancer(前列腺癌). The (2)pharmaceutical industry has focused a lot of energy into developing drugs to do what soy does naturally. Except the problem is that the drugs created to fight prostate cancer don’t just affect DHT, but they affect testosterone too.

These drugs (3)inhibit testosterone from (4)converting into DHT. In doing so, they not only reduce the harmful effects of male hormones, but they reduce the beneficial effects of these hormones too.

Common side effects of these drugs include reduced libido(性欲), impotence(陽(yáng)痿), decrease in muscle strength, and an increased risk of osteoporosis(骨質(zhì)疏松癥). What’s so promising about soy is that it doesn’t prevent the conversion of testosterone into DHT, but instead blocks DHT from functioning once it’s made.

The result is that soy prevents DHT from doing its damage without blocking the beneficial effects of male hormones. Scientists think that because of its effects on DHT, soy may prove beneficial in treating other conditions (5)associated with DHT, such as male pattern baldness(禿頂).

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大豆和前列腺

來(lái)點(diǎn)豆腐沙拉怎么樣呢?你為什么要讓我吃大豆食品呢?因?yàn)槭聦?shí)證明，食用大豆還有另外一個(gè)好處，特別對(duì)于男性來(lái)說(shuō)。當(dāng)被消化后，大豆會(huì)產(chǎn)生一種叫做雌馬酚的分子。這種分子能夠阻礙雄性激素二氫睪酮，或者稱為雙氫睪丸酮。

睪酮發(fā)揮著重要的作用，但是雙氫睪丸酮卻不令人滿意，因?yàn)樗c前列腺癌有著緊密的聯(lián)系。醫(yī)藥工業(yè)投入了大量的精力來(lái)研發(fā)與有著大豆自然功能的藥物。但問(wèn)題是治療前列腺癌的藥物不僅影響雙氫睪丸酮，也同樣會(huì)影響睪酮。

這些藥物能夠抑制睪酮轉(zhuǎn)變?yōu)槎洳G酮。膽這樣做的同時(shí)，它們不僅減少了雄性激素的有害影響，也降低了這些激素的有利影響。

這些藥物常見(jiàn)的副作用包括性欲減退，陽(yáng)萎，肌肉強(qiáng)度下降，以及骨質(zhì)疏松癥的風(fēng)險(xiǎn)增加。給人以希望的是盡管大豆不能阻止睪酮轉(zhuǎn)變?yōu)槎洳G酮，可是一旦其形成，大豆就可以阻止它發(fā)揮作用。

其結(jié)果是大豆在不阻礙雄性激素有利影響的情況下也能阻止雙氫睪丸酮的破壞。科學(xué)家認(rèn)為，鑒于對(duì)二氫睪酮的影響，大豆可能在治療其它與二氫睪酮有關(guān)的疾病上也能發(fā)揮有益作用，例如男性禿頂。

Notes:

(1)soy [s?i] n.大豆;醬油

(2)pharmaceutical [,fɑ:m?'sju:tik?l] adj.制藥(學(xué))的 n.藥物

Pharmaceutical Reference Prices How do They Work in Practice?

藥物參考價(jià)格實(shí)際中他們?nèi)绾纹鹱饔?

(3)inhibit [in'hibit] vt.抑制;禁止

When this glass coating contact with sea water, it releases copper ions which inhibit adhesion of sea creatures.

當(dāng)此玻璃涂層與海水接觸時(shí)，釋放出的銅離子阻止海洋生物附著在涂層上。