【精英翻譯】的部落格

精英翻譯轉自https://paper.udn.com/papers.php?pname=POH0054

If you are eating plenty of fruits and vegetables a day, you probably think you are eating a healthy diet. But if you are only sticking to the same handful of items each day, you might be missing out on the huge health benefits that come from eating a varied and colorful diet! Known as "eating the rainbow," the practice of consuming foods of various colors is the best way of ensuring your body gets a wide range of natural, health-promoting chemicals.

如果你一天內攝取充足的蔬果，可能會覺得自己具備健康的飲食習慣。但如果你每天只有固定吃相同的蔬果，可能就錯失了攝取多元彩色飲食的龐大健康益處！攝取各種色彩食物的「彩虹飲食法」，就是確保人體獲得廣泛天然、有益健康之化學物質的最佳方法。

What is the reasoning behind this? Fruits and vegetables get their colors from special chemicals called phytochemicals. They give carrots their bright orange flesh, strawberries their bright red blush, and cucumbers their dark green skin. But phytochemicals also have some amazing health properties. Those found in yellow/orange plants, for example, have been shown to help prevent cancer growth, protect the eyes and heart, and maintain healthy joints.

此做法的背後道理是什麼？蔬果的顏色來自於「植化素」這種特殊化學物質，能讓紅蘿蔔呈現亮橘膚色、讓草莓擁有鮮豔紅潤的顏色、讓小黃瓜擁有深綠外皮。但植化素亦有某些驚人的健康特質。例如黃橘色類的植物所含的植化素，經證實能預防癌症孳生、保護眼睛和心臟，與維持健康的關節。

To make sure you get the maximum number of different phytochemicals, dietitians suggest that you eat 1–2 servings of each color each day—the darker the color the better. Indeed, we should all give thanks to Mother Nature—by color-coding food, she really has made eating healthy easy!

為了確保攝取最大量的不同植化素，營養師建議每天吃1 至2 份各種顏色的食物─而且顏色越深越好。確實，我們應感謝大自然，以色碼標示食物的方式，讓我們能輕鬆吃得健康！