六级听力:美食家的烦恼
六级听力:美食家的烦恼 Supertasters Beware! 品尝师们要注意啦! It's not at all an unusual thing: the latest data suggest that one out of every four people is a supertaster. For them, eating is a much richer, more flavorful experience than for the rest of us. Still, before you get too jealous if you're not a supertaster, it turns out there are drawbacks to having a technicolor tongue. A study that looks specifically at supertasters over the age of sixty-five found that they have more colon polyps than folks who aren't so taste bud gifted. Colon polyps are the things you want to have removed before they become cancerous, which is why all folks fifty and older should get a yearly colon exam. Why do supertasters have more colon polyps? It isn't known. But supertasters also weigh more on average than non-supertasters, and weight increases cancer risk. The reason for this may be as simple as it sounds: eating is more fun when you taste in 3-D. Some researchers think, however, that the problem may not just be an increase in pleasure. Those extra taste buds may also drive people away from food that's good for them, such as vegetables, because the taste of, say, a brussels sprout is just too intense. It's not at all an unusual thing: the latest data suggest that one out of every four people is a supertaster. For them, eating is a much richer, more flavorful experience than for the rest of us. Still, before you get too jealous if you're not a supertaster, it turns out there are drawbacks to having a technicolor tongue. A study that looks specifically at supertasters over the age of sixty-five found that they have more colon polyps than folks who aren't so taste bud gifted. Colon polyps are the things you want to have removed before they become cancerous, which is why all folks fifty and older should get a yearly colon exam. Why do supertasters have more colon polyps? It isn't known. But supertasters also weigh more on average than non-supertasters, and weight increases cancer risk. The reason for this may be as simple as it sounds: eating is more fun when you taste in 3-D. Some researchers think, however, that the problem may not just be an increase in pleasure. Those extra taste buds may also drive people away from food that's good for them, such as vegetables, because the taste of, say, a brussels sprout is just too intense. |