A bowl of wonton (n.雲吞) noodles (n.麵條) contains enough salt to be labeled (v.稱為) a health hazard (n.威脅), experts warn.
Chinese University (n.中文大學) researchers (n.研究人員) found the public consumes (v.吃喝) an average 10 grams (n.克) of salt a day, or double the amount considered to be healthy.
Mandy Sea Man-me (n.史曼媚), an assistant (adj.助理的) professor (n.教授) at the university's department (n.學系) of medicine (n.醫學、內科) and therapeutics (n.治療學), said a diet (n.日常飲食) high in salt may lead to high blood pressure (n.血壓) and an increased risk (n.風險) of strokes (n.中風).
Sea said the high salt intake (n.攝取量) is due to bad habits and eating out - consuming food thought to be loaded (adj.含量高的) with more salt and seasoning (n.調味料) than home-cooked (adj.家裏烹調的) food.
A simple dish (n.一道菜) such as wonton noodles contains almost eight grams of salt. By comparison, a Big Mac (n.巨無霸) has a mere (adj.僅僅的) 2.6 grams.
"Unhealthy salt intake has a health impact (n.巨大影響) as great as smoking (n.吸煙) but people generally (adv.通常) choose to ignore it," said Jean Woo (n.黃胡令芳), director (n.主任) of the university's center for nutritional (adj.營養的) studies (n.研究).
A practical (adj.切實可行的) and short-term (adj.短期的) approach (n.做法) would be to change personal mind-sets (n.思維模式、態度) toward salt, Sea said.
(The Standard, April 13)
專家警告說，一碗雲吞麵的含鹽量，足以把它視作危害健康的食品。
香港中文大學的研究人員發現，香港人每天平均攝取十克鹽，即健康上限的兩倍。
中大內科及藥物治療學系助理教授史曼媚指出，若日常飲食中的鹽分高，可能會導致高血壓，並增加中風的風險。
史曼媚表示，攝鹽量高的原因是壞習慣和出外進食——與家裏烹調的食物相比，這些食品估計含有更多鹽分和調味料。
雲吞麵這麼簡單的食物，一碗便含有近八克鹽，而巨無霸僅有二點六克。
中大營養研究中心主任黃胡令芳說：“鹽分攝取量不當，對健康的影響與吸煙一樣大，但人們通常都置若罔聞。”
史曼媚指出，一個切實可行的短期做法，是改變我們對鹽的態度。
（《英文虎報》，四月十三日）
閱讀指引
1. noodle (n) /'nu:dl/，NOO-dl 麵條、腦袋
解讀：有一個o、兩個d的名詞noddle（讀如NOD-dl）解作頭、腦袋，但美國人卻經常說作有兩個o、一個d的noodle，而noodle則解作麵條；本文談到雲吞麵含大量鹽，標題遂用含有noodle一字的短語Use your noodle，其實即是說Use your noddle，即叫人用腦袋、動腦筋。
2. intake (n) /'InteIk/，IN-take 攝取量、進食量
解讀：intake本指水管入口，引申指食物或飲料的攝取量，例如標題和內文的salt intake是鹽分攝取量、攝鹽量，也可說作intake of salt；又例如fluid intake或intake of fluid是流質攝取量。
3. approach (n) /ə'prəʊtʃ/，a-PROH-ch 方式、做法
解讀：approach固然可解作接近、靠近，但它尚可指方式、做法，文中便是這個意思；切實可行的做法可如文中說作practical ... approach，此外，尚可說pragmatic / problem-solving / no-nonsense approach。
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