翻译 Oct.11 · 2022

Don't be fooled by health food imposters — here's what to avoid

不要被健康食品的骗局愚弄了——在此讲讲什么是可以避开的坑

主观感受

本篇文章有些视添加剂为洪水猛兽的即视感，大家理性看待。

受制于文化影响，可能大多数人对添加剂这三个字都有些心理阴影，但其实大可不必，符合国家规定的食品添加剂是肯定不会有啥问题的，再说大多数食品添加剂并不便宜。

食品添加剂也是食品科技进步的表现，完全有理由相信将来会有越来越多的食品好吃不长胖，彻彻底底的打消吃货们的顾虑😍

"Low fat", "low sugar", "all natural" and other marketing terms that give foods a "health halo" can often disguise unhealthy ingredients, additives and ultra-processing methods that don't do us any good.

What's the truth about these so-called healthy foods and drinks that you really could do without?

“低脂”，“低糖”，“全面营养”和一些其他营销术语赋予了这些食物一个“健康的光环”，可以经常隐藏不健康的成分，添加剂和过度的对我们没任何好处的超加工方法。

这些所谓的健康食品和饮料的真相究竟是什么，你真的可以没有吗？

marketing terms：宣传术语（term：术语

fat：脂肪

halo：光环

disguise：掩盖

ingredient：成分

additives：添加剂

ultra-processing methods：超加工方法（这个超加工 (opens new window)方法用人话说就是垃圾食品）

that you really could do without?：这个从句理解起来很奇怪，但其实只要把could do without看成

could+do without就很好理解了，翻译为：do without：没有…也行；摒弃

Fruit juice 果汁

Fruit juice can be healthy but only up to a point: more than the recommended 150ml/day and the sugar content outweighs the nutritional benefits. Fruit juice counts as a "free" sugar, which most of us need to cut back on.

"The issue with fruit juice is that people don't just stick to 150ml, " says Dr Kathy Redfern, lecturer in human nutrition at Plymouth University. "Orange juice, for example, is a good source of vitamin C, but you're missing out on the fibre and other micronutrients in the whole fruit."

果汁是可以是非常健康的，但只是在一定程度上：每天饮用超过推荐的150ml的量，糖分的含量就会超过其本身的营养价值。果汁算作一种游离糖，为此我们中大多数人都需要减少摄入。普利茅斯大学人类营养学讲师，KR博士说到：“这个果汁的问题是因为人们很难坚持150ml的摄入量，例如橙汁，是一种很棒的维他命C来源，但你因此错过了完整水果中的纤维和其他微量元素。”

but only up to a point：但只能在一定程度上

content：内容、含量

counts as：算作

free sugar：游离糖 (opens new window)

cut back on：缩减（可以在后面加个it，就更好理解了，带指前面说的糖

nutrition：营养

fibre：纤维

micronutrients：微量元素

whole：整个

Salads 沙拉

Dousing your salad with dressing can undo the benefits, according to Diabetes UK, which has analysed popular bottled dressings. Many are sweetened with sugar, molasses or fruit concentrates and loaded with salt and saturated fat.

根据英国糖尿病协会针对流行瓶装调味品的研究表明，在你的沙拉上洒满佐料可能会让其好处消失。

很多会使用糖，糖浆或者浓缩果汁来让其变得更甜，并添加有脂肪和饱和脂肪。

Douse：浇灌、撒满（在这里应该是特指添加的调味料量比较大的情况

dressing：n.调味品、（你没记错，就是和穿衣打扮是同一个单词）

Diabetes：糖尿病

bottled：adj.瓶装的

molasses：糖蜜、糖浆

concentrate：集中、（使）浓缩

saturated：不饱和的

Low fat yogurt 低脂酸奶

Low or zero fat yogurts, and those promoted as "no added sugar", aren't the healthiest choice, according to Dr Redfern. Flavoured yogurts that are low or zero fat often contain fruit juice concentrates and / or purees — "free sugars" — along with other additives to make them palatable. And no-added sugar yogurts contain artificial sweeteners. "And I think the jury's still out on those, " Dr Redfern says.

根据瑞德丰博士的观点，低脂或零脂的酸奶，以及那些宣传“不添加糖”的并不是最健康的选择。

那些低脂零脂的风味酸奶通常含有浓缩果汁或果浆与其他添加剂一起让它们美味可口。并且零添加糖的酸奶会含有人造甜味剂。德瑞丰博士说到：“我认为对于这些（人造甜味剂）目前陪审团（可能是代指科学界）还没有定论。”

yogurt：酸奶

promoted：推销

Flavoured：风味的

purees：果酱、果浆

palatable：美味的、可口的

artificial sweeteners：人造甜味剂

jury：陪审团

生肉 Oct.11 · 2022

Don't be fooled by health food imposters — here's what to avoid

"Low fat", "low sugar", "all natural" and other marketing terms that give foods a "health halo" can often disguise unhealthy ingredients, additives and ultra-processing methods that don't do us any good.

What's the truth about these so-called healthy foods and drinks that you really could do without?

Fruit juice

Fruit juice can be healthy but only up to a point: more than the recommended 150ml/day and the sugar content outweighs the nutritional benefits. Fruit juice counts as a "free" sugar, which most of us need to cut back on.

"The issue with fruit juice is that people don't just stick to 150ml, " says Dr Kathy Redfern, lecturer in human nutrition at Plymouth University. "Orange juice, for example, is a good source of vitamin C, but you're missing out on the fibre and other micronutrients in the whole fruit."

Salads

Dousing your salad with dressing can undo the benefits, according to Diabetes UK, which has analysed popular bottled dressings. Many are sweetened with sugar, molasses or fruit concentrates and loaded with salt and saturated fat.

Low fat yogurt

Low or zero fat yogurts, and those promoted as "no added sugar", aren't the healthiest choice, according to Dr Redfern.

Flavoured yogurts that are low or zero fat often contain fruit juice concentrates and / or purees — "free sugars" — along with other additives to make them palatable. And no-added sugar yogurts contain artificial sweeteners. "And I think the jury's still out on those, " Dr Redfern says.