新研究：降低快餐中的胆固醇

A study concludes that including actual statin drugs with high-fat restaurant meals is a justifiable public health effort.

一项研究得出结论，把斯达汀包含在餐馆的高脂肪食物中是一项有益公共健康的努力。

　　


Researchers Recommend Statins With Your Fries

研究者们推荐吃薯条的时候同时吃斯达汀

　　

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."

在餐馆就餐的顾客说："给我一些巧克力奶昔和一些奶酪汉堡"侍者说："这种奶酪汉堡带有生菜、西红柿、洋葱、薯条以及斯达汀，很快就上来。"

　　

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.

如果来自伦敦帝国理工学院（Imperial College London）的研究者们的研究正确的话，这种情形可能在某天会发生。他们说加入一剂降低胆固醇的斯达汀能抵消高脂肪食品可能带来的健康危害。他们的研究结果发表在《美国心脏病学杂志》（American Journal of Cardiology）上。

　　

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?

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？

　　

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 milkshake.

科学家们对七项临床试验中的约43000名患者的数据进行了研究，然后他们计算出随着脂肪的摄入患者患心脏病的风险增加了多少，同时他们也计算出服用斯达汀后能降低多少风险。科学家们得出结论，每天服用一剂斯达汀能抵消每天所吃的奶酪汉堡和少许奶昔所带来的不利影响。

　　

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.

发放药物会花钱-不过这比餐馆里免费提供的番茄酱贵不了多少。也许这不是什么"开心乐园餐"，但是它可能更有益于健康。

　　



Vocabulary:


Statin：（药物名） 斯达汀

Justifiable：有道理的

Patron：顾客

Milkshake：奶昔

cholesterol：胆固醇

offset：抵消

Cardiology：心脏病学

Boost：增加

Neutralize：使无效

Pit stop：（长途旅行中的）短暂休息，歇脚

Intake：摄入

Compensate：补偿，弥补

Dispense: 分配；分发