解放军文职招聘考试Food and Health

 Food and Health

The food we eat seems to have profound effects on our health. Although

science has made enormous steps in making  food more fit to eat, it has, at

the same time, made many foods unfit to eat. Some research has shown that

perhaps eighty percent of all human illnesses are related to diet and forty

percent of  cancer is related  to  the  diet as      well, especially cancer of

the  colon. Different  cultures  are  more  prone  to  contract  certain 

illnesses  because  of    the  food  that  is characteristic  in  these

cultures. That food is related  to illness is  not a new discovery. In

1945, government researchers realized  that nitrates and nitrites, 

commonly used to  preserve color in meats, and other      food additives, caused

cancer. Yet, these carcinogenic additives remain in our food, and it

becomes more difficult   all the time to know which things in the packaging

labels of processed food are helpful or harmful. The additives  which we eat

are not all so direct. Farmers often give penicillin to beef and poultry,

and because of this,  penicillin has been found in the

milk of treated cows. Sometimes similar drugs  are  administered to 

animals not for   medicinal purposes, but for financial reasons. The farmers

are simply trying to fatten the animals in order to obtain a higher price

on the market. Although the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has tried

repeatedly to      control these procedures, the practices continue.

食品与健康我们所吃的食物似乎对我们的健康有深远的影响。  尽管科学上已取得许多 进展，使食物更适合我们食用，但与此同时它也使许多食物不宜食用了。 

一些研究已经表 明，人类大概有  80%的疾病与饮食有关，40%的癌症，特别是结肠癌，也与饮食有关。  不

同的文化会使人们更易患某些疾病，这是由这些文化的人们喜好的食物所致。  食物与疾病 有关并不是新发现。  1945

年，政府部门的科研工作者了解到，被广泛用于肉类以保持肉类 色泽的硝酸盐、亚硝酸盐和其他的添加剂可诱发癌症。  可是这些致癌物质依然存在于我们

的食物之中。  与此同时，要想知道加工食品标签上的哪些成分对健康有利，哪些成分对健 康不利，变得更加困难了。 我们吃到的这些添加物并非都是如此直接的。

农民常给牛和家 禽注射青霉素，因而在受过注射的牛所产牛奶里发现青霉素。  有时让家禽服用这类药物并 非是为了治病，而是为了经济上的缘故。 

农民们只是想使家畜长得更肥壮可以上市场上卖 到好价钱。  虽然食物和药品管理局已一再设法控制这种情况的发生，但是这种行为仍在继 续。