16. A Healthy State of Confusion (TIME February 20, 2006)

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Is fat that bad? Everyone knows that a diet low in fat helps the heart and prevents cancer. ‘But what if it doesn't? A $415 million, 12-year U. S. study of 49,000 older women found that a low-fat diet did not significantly reduce breast cancer, colorectal cancer or heart disease. But low-fat advocates say the study didn't distinguish between good fats such as those in olive oil and oily fish and bad ones in meat and dairy products.

Love your greengrocer. You can't overdo fruit and veg. Eating more than the usual recommendation of five servings a day cuts the risk of stroke by 26%, according to a London team that analyzed eight other studies. People who ate three to five servings a day had an 11% lower stroke risk. The bad news: average fruit and vegetable consumption in developed countries is three servings a day.

Eat your broccoli. Former U. S. President George Bush famously snubbed the sprouting stalk, but scientists in Washington just love it. It has long been suggested that there is a link between cancer prevention and soy and broccoli--plus other cruciferous vegetables such as cauliflower. Now investigators think they know the reason: a laboratory test found that chemicals in these foods can increase the levels of proteins that repair damaged DNA and so lower the risk of developing breast and prostate cancer.

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confusion 혼란. fat 지방. prevent 예방하다. that bad? 그렇게 나쁜가?cf. that=so.
a $415 million, 12 year U.S study 미국의 4억1 5백만 달러를 들인12년 간의 연 구.
significantly 주목할만하게, 중요하게. reduce 줄이다. breast cancer 유방암.
advocate 옹호자. colorectal 結腸直腸(결장직장)
distinguish A between B. A와 B 사이를 구별하다. dairy products 낙농제품.
greengrocer 야채장수.
You can't overdo fruit and veg. 채소와 과일은 아무리 많이 먹어도 지나치지 않다. recommendation 추천, 권장.
five servings a day 하루에 다섯 번. stroke 腦溢血(뇌일혈). consumption 소비.
former U.S. President 前 미국 대통령. snub 냉대하다, 무시하다.
sprout 發芽(발아)하다. 새싹이 돋아나다. stalk (식물의) 줄기. sprouting stalk 새순.
soy=soybean 콩. cruciferous vegetables 十字花科(십자화과)의 식물, 채소(무, 배추 등).
investigator 연구자, 조사자. laboratory 실험실. levels of proteins 단백질의 양.
damaged DNA 損傷(손상)된 DNA. lower 낮추다. prostate cancer 전립선암.