无糖的甜美人生

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Life Can Be Sweet without Sugar

Back in the 1970s, when research revealed just how damaging dietary fats are to our health, food manufacturers slashed the fat content of their products almost overnight. Unfortunately, they began adding sugar to pretty much everything to make things "tastier." For example, in the U.K., Kellogg's Special K, which is touted as a low-fat, weight loss food, contains almost twice as much sugar as it did in 1978. Similar increases can be cited for many other common foods all over the world. But what's the problem with sugar? Isn’t it all just natural goodness, designed to give you an energy boost?

Well, yes and no. We all need a certain amount of sugar as a source of energy, but most of us are getting way too much of it. While sugar doesn't make you fat on its own, it is now recognized as being a major contributor to obesity. This is because, when we consume too much sugar, it interferes with how insulin delivers glucose to our blood cells and causes us to store excess fat more easily.

Sugar has also been associated with many other illnesses, ranging from diabetes to heart disease, cancer and even Alzheimer's disease. With consumer groups drawing attention to high sugar content, especially in soft drinks, governments are finally starting to address this important health issue.

无糖的甜美人生

回溯一九七○年代，研究揭露食物脂肪对健康有多大的危害时，食品制造商几乎一夜之间就大幅削减产品的脂肪含量。不幸的是，他们却开始在近乎所有的食品中添加糖分，让食品「更美味」。举例来说，在英国，家乐氏的 Special K 早餐麦片虽号称是低脂减重食品，但含糖量却几乎是一九七八年的两倍。类似的增糖情形可见於世界各地其他许多一般的食品。不过，糖有什麽问题？糖不就是自然的养分，目的在於为人们提振精力吗？

这个嘛，是也不是。我们都需要一定的糖分做为能量来源，但多数人都吃得太多了。糖本身虽然不会使人发胖，现在却被公认是造成肥胖的一大因素。这是因为当我们摄取太多糖分时，就会干扰胰岛素把葡萄糖传递给血球，导致我们更容易储存多馀的脂肪。

糖也和其他许多疾病有关，从糖尿病到心脏病、癌症，甚至是阿兹海默症。随著消费者团体把焦点导向含糖量过高的问题，特别是非酒精性饮料的部分，各国政府终於开始著手处理这个重要的健康议题。

2014/01/27 (一) If the catalog isn't finalized by Thursday, we'll miss our deadline.

如果型录在星期四以前没确认好，我们就赶不上截止日期了。

2014/01/28 (二) I'm calling to discuss your line of credit.

我打来是要讨论你的信用贷款。

2014/01/29 (三) Our scheduled payments have been made during our grace period.

我们的定期付款已经在宽限期完成了啊。

2014/01/30 (四) As of today, we have not received this month's payment.

但直到今天，我们都还没收到这个月的缴款。

2014/01/31 (五) I put the transfer through last night.

我昨晚就转帐了。