Eating a diet high in processed(加工) food increases the risk of depression(抑郁), research suggests. What's more, people who ate plenty of vegetables, fruit and fish actually had a lower risk of depression, the University College London team found.
Data on diet among 3,500 middle-aged civil servants were compared with their emotional state five years later, a British journal reported. They split the participants into two types of diet--those who ate a diet largely based on whole food,which includes lots of fruit, vegetables and fish,and those who ate a mainly processed food diet, such as sweetened desserts, fried food, processed meat,refined(精制的) grains and high fat dairy products After accounting for factors such as gender, age, education, physical activity, smoking habits and chronic(慢性的) diseases, they found a significant difference in the future depression risk with the different diets.
Those who ate the most wholefood(全天然食物) had a 26% lower risk of future depression than those who ate the least wholefood. By contrast, people with a diet high in processed food had a 58% higher risk of depression than those who ate a diet low in processed foods.
Study author Dr. Archana Singh Manoux pointed out there was a chance that the finding could be explained by lifestyle factor they had not accounted for.(解釋原因) He also pointed in a paper that a Mediterranean(地中海) diet was associated(有關(guān)) with a lower risk of depression, but the problem with that is if you live in Britain, the likelihood (可能)of you eating a Mediterranean diet is not very high.
Dr.Andrew McCulloeh, chief executive of the Mental Health Foundation, said, this study adds to an existing body of solid research that shows the strong links between what we eat and our mental health.
He added people's diets were becoming increasingly unhealthy. The UK population is consuming (消費(fèi))less nutritious, fresh produce and more saturated(飽和) fats and sugars.
小題1:The text is mainly about______.
A.the increasingly unhealthy diet of the UK population
B.the link between processed food and depression
C.the relationship between physical and mental health
D.the emotional state of the British People
小題2:What can we learn from what Dr. Archana Singh Manoux said?
A.It is difficult for most British people to have a Mediterranean diet.
B.The Mediterranean diet is the most healthy in the world.
C.Many studies have been done on the Mediterranean diet before.
D.The Mediterranean diet is not good for depression.
小題3:Dr. Andrew McCulloch agrees that______.
A.our diets are closely related to our mental health
B.the present study needs more facts and other information
C.the UK population will become ill in the near future
D.more saturated fats and sugars should be taken in
小題4:Why might the author have written this text?
A.To tell people what a healthy diet actually is.
B.To prove people’s diets are increasingly unhealthy.
C.To encourage people to cut down on processed food.
D.To introduce some experts on the research team.

小題1:B
小題2:A
小題3:A
小題4:C
文章主要介紹了食物是否加工對(duì)人類的影響,多吃加工食物會(huì)增加人的抑郁情緒。并指出人們的飲食越來(lái)越不健康。
小題1:B 文章主旨題。文章主要講述了加工食物對(duì)人類抑郁的影響。故選B
小題2:A細(xì)節(jié)題。從第三段He also pointed in a paper that a Mediterranean(地中海) diet was associated(有關(guān)) with a lower risk of depression, but the problem with that is if you live in Britain, the likelihood (可能)of you eating a Mediterranean diet is not very high. 可知,對(duì)英國(guó)人來(lái)說(shuō),有地中海的飲食習(xí)慣的可能不高,故選A
小題3:A細(xì)節(jié)題。由最后第二段中this study adds to an existing body of solid research that shows the strong links between what we eat and our mental health. 可知,Dr. Andrew McCulloch認(rèn)為我們的飲食習(xí)慣與精神健康有關(guān)。
小題4:C文章主旨題。文章介紹了多吃加工食物會(huì)增加人的抑郁情緒。所以作者鼓勵(lì)人們少吃加工食品,故選C
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