一起学托福阅读之巧克力提高记忆力及心脏健康-智课教育旗下智课教育.pdfVIP

智 课 网 托 福 备 考 资 料 一起学托福阅读之巧克力提高记忆力和心脏健康-智课 教育旗下智课教育 本文和大家一起学托福阅读之巧克力提高记忆力和心脏健康，这篇 托福阅读材料供考生参考使用，希望考生能够认真备考，预祝考生能够 考出好成绩。 每天吃一块巧克力真的可以预防与年龄有关的记忆力衰退?不能。 三餐都吃巧克力蛋糕对心脏有好处?答案还是否定的。这是我们一般的 思维，但是，因为富含黄烷醇类，这一观点受到质疑。快和托福小编一 起从今天的托福阅读材料中寻求答案吧! 在进行托福阅读之前 ，一起学习一下文章中的疑难词 。 Stroke n. 中风；冲程 flavanols n. 黄烷醇 reverse adj. 反面的；颠倒的 cholesterol n.胆固醇 neurology n. 神经病学 capsule n. 胶囊 placebo n. 胶囊 extract n摘录vt. 提取 ；取出 Chocolate Improves Memory and Heart Health 巧克力提高记忆力和心脏健康 Can eating a chocolate bar every day really prevent age-related memory loss? No. Can eating chocolate cake for breakfast, lunch and dinner be good for your heart? Again, the answer is no. That would be too good to be true. But new research shows that large amounts of flavanols, substances found in cocoa, tea and some vegetables, may reverseage-related memory failure. Another study is looking to see if high levels of cocoa flavanols can help prevent heart attacks and strokes. Flavanols found in dark chocolate are known to increase blood flow in the part of the brain that controls memory. They also help prevent heart disease by lowering blood pressure and “bad” cholesterol. A new study published online in Nature Neuroscience found that cocoa flavanols reverse minor memory loss in older adults. A company that makes chocolate helped to pay for the study. Can chocolate improve memory? Brain processes decrease as we age. By the time we reach our 50s and 60s we may have trouble remembering simple things such as the names of new people we meet or where we put our car keys. Dr. Scott Small is a professor of neurologyat Columbia University in New York City. He is the lead writer of a research paper describing the effects of cocoa flavanols on brain activity. The study involved 37 volunteers aged between 50 and 69. Researchers gave them a high-leve