Grapes Are Good for our Eyesight葡萄对我们的视力有益

作者: 高齐云

Everybody knows that eating carrots is good for our eyesight. A new studysuggests that grapes are also good for our eyes. Researchers from the NationalUniversity of Singapore have found that eating just a few grapes a day can help oureyesight. This is good for people who are older.

Dr. Eun Kim, the lead2 researcher, said, “Our study is the first to show thatgrape consumption3 is good for eye health of humans, which is very exciting,especially4 with more people who are getting old.”

She said that grapes are easy to buy and studies have shown they can do muchgood to our eyesight. This is good news for people who don’t really like carrots.

Thirty-four people took part in a number of tests over 16 weeks in the study.Half of them ate one-and-a-half cups of grapes every day; the other half ate asnack5. Dr. Kim did not tell anyone whether she was testing the grapes or thesnack. She thought that it would give better test results.

She found that people who ate the grapes had improved muscle strength6around the retina7. The retina passes information about light to the brain byelectrical signals8. It protects9 the eyes from bluelight which is bad for our eyes. A lot of blue lightcomes from computer and smartphone screens10, andfrom LED lights.

每个人都知道吃胡萝卜对我们的视力有好处。一项新的研究表明,葡萄对我们的眼睛也有好处。新加坡国立大学的研究人员发现,每天只吃几颗葡萄就可以帮助改善我们的视力。这对老年人也有好处。

首席研究员金恩博士说:“我们的研究首次表明食用葡萄有利于人类的眼睛健康,这令人非常兴奋,尤其是对越来越多的老年人来说。”

她说葡萄很容易买到,并且研究表明它们对我们的视力有很大好处。这对那些不喜欢吃胡萝卜的人来说是个好消息。

该研究有34 人参加了为期16 周的多项测试。其中一半的人每天吃一杯半的葡萄;另一半吃零食。金博士没有告诉任何人她是在测试葡萄还是零食。她认为这会得出更好的测试结果。

她发现吃葡萄的人视网膜周围的肌肉力量得到了改善。视网膜通过电信号将光的信息传递给大脑。它保护眼睛免受蓝光的伤害。许多蓝光来自电脑和智能手机屏幕,以及LED 灯。

▏Notes

1. eyesight 视力

2. lead 领先地位

3. consumption 消费;食用

4. especially 尤其,特别;专门

5. snack 零食,点心,小吃

6. muscle strength 肌肉力量

7. retina 视网膜

8. electrical signal 电信号

9. protect 保护,防护

10. screen 屏幕,荧光屏

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