網上流行的健康飲食方式

There's Actually a Huge Limitation to The Mediterranean Diet

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事實上，地中海飲食的侷限性非常大

If you've spent any amount of time reading up on healthy foods that can offer significant boosts to your physiological and mental well-being, you're almost sure to have come across the Mediterranean diet.

如果你曾經花時間讀過關於那些有益身心健康的食物的文章，那你幾乎肯定讀到過地中海飲食。

This famous (and yummy) mix of vegetables, fruit, fish, and whole grains – served with a liberal splash of olive oil – is common in cultures around the Mediterranean Sea, and has long been recognised for its broad nutritional benefits.

這種著名又好吃的飲食方式，主要由蔬菜、水果、魚和完整的穀物，吃的時候還要加上不少橄欖油；它在地中海沿岸的文明中很常見，長久以來一直被認爲有很高的營養價值。

But now, scientists have discovered a significant caveat to the health advantages that the Mediterranean diet provides – and it's one that seems to strictly limit just who can snare the benefits of the regimen.

但是現在，科學家們的一個新發現卻給地中海飲食的健康價值敲響了警鐘——那就是，能從這種飲食方式中獲益的人可能非常有限。

A new study by Italian researchers analysed adherence to the Mediterranean diet in almost 19,000 people who took part in a health study called the Moli-sani Project, and found that the cardiovascular benefits of the diet basically only extended to people who were well off or highly educated.

意大利的一項研究追蹤了19,000個人對地中海飲食習慣的貫徹程度，這項研究隸屬於一個叫莫里-薩尼的健康研究項目，研究人員發現：這種飲食方在心血管健康上的益處基本只出現在更有錢或者教育程度更高的人身上。

"In other words, a person from low socioeconomic status who struggles to follow a Mediterranean model, is unlikely to get the same advantages of a person with higher income, despite the fact that they both similarly adhere to the same healthy diet."

“換句話說，一個社會經濟地位更低但卻進行地中海飲食的人，不太可能獲得和高收入人羣同樣的好處，雖然他們的飲食方式一樣。”