特别广播英语第 26 课：Fallacies about Food 关于饮食的几种错误观点-2

How surprised the people who thought tomatoes poisonous would be if they could know that millions of pounds of tomatoes were supplied to soldiers overseas during World War II. 在第二次世界大战期间，数百万磅的西红柿曾供应给海外的士兵食用，那些认为西红柿有毒的人们，若是知道了这一史实，他们该会大吃一惊。

Even today there are a great many wrong ideas about food. Some of them are very widespread. 即使在今天，关于饮食也有许许多多的错误观点。其中有些错误观点流传甚广。

One such idea is that fish is the best brain food. 一种错误观点就是认为鱼是最佳的健脑食品。

Fish is good brain food just as it is good muscle food and skin food and bone food. 之所以认为鱼是一种很好的健脑食品，只是因为吃鱼对人的肌肉、皮肤和骨骼发育有好处。

But no one has been able to prove that fish is any better for the brain than many other kinds of food. 但是没有任何人能证明鱼对人的大脑比其他许多种食物都更加有什么好处。

Another such idea is that you should not drink water with meals. 还有一种错误观点就是，就餐时不应该喝水，

Washing food down with water as a substitute for chewing is not a good idea, but some water with meals has been found to be helpful. 用水作为一种咀嚼的代替物而把食物冲下去到胃里并不是一个好点子。但是人们发现就餐时喝点水的确有好处，

It makes the digestive juices flow more freely and helps to digest the food. 水可以使胃的消化液更加自由地流动，这有助于消化食物。