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60秒科学:降低快餐中的胆固醇

时间:2010-08-31 11:04:15 来源:scientificamerican 编辑:keke  每天三分钟英语轻松学

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我们都知道,在晚餐吃油腻的汉堡对心脏并非最健康。这可能提高我们的胆固醇水平,从而增加患心脏病的风险。但是斯达汀真地能消除汉堡所带来的有害影响么?

Restaurant patron: “Gimme the chocolate milkshake and the cheeseburger deluxe.”
Waitress: “That’s the cheeseburger with lettuce, tomato, onion, fries and statin pill, coming right up.”
 
That scene could someday happen, if researchers at Imperial College London have their way. They say that including a dose of cholesterol-lowering statin drugs could offset the health risks of a high-fat meal. They present their case in the American Journal of Cardiology. [Emily Ferenczi et al, http://bit.ly/aTFTbo]
 
We all know that eating a greasy burger is not the most heart-healthy approach to dining. It can raise our cholesterol and boost our risk for heart attacks. But could a statin pill really neutralize the harmful effects of a pit stop at the local burger joint?
 
Reviewing data from some 43,000 patients involved in seven clinical trials, scientists calculated how much a person’s heart attack risk increases with fat intake, and how much statins can decrease that risk. They conclude that a daily dose of statins would compensate for a daily cheeseburger and a small milk shake.

Dispensing the drug would cost pennies—not much more than the packet of ketchup that restaurants already give you for free. It may not be a Happy Meal. But it could be a healthier one.

—Karen Hopkin

[The above text is an exact transcript of this podcast.]   

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