7.6 熱門：'完美香蕉'應(yīng)該幾分熟?

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Age play to escape worries

美24歲女子癡迷扮嬰兒

Heidi, 24, is a sales associate from Oregon. She is also a "little" part of a subculture of people who enjoy dressing up as adult babies for several hours a day. For Heidi, age play isn't sexual, and she uses dressing up as a 1- to 3-year-old to escape her worries in the real world.?

24歲的海蒂是美國俄勒岡州一名銷售助理，也是"嬰兒扮演"亞文化群中的一份子，愛好這種文化的成人每天喜歡花幾個小時扮演嬰兒。海蒂扮演嬰兒無關(guān)乎性，她把自己打扮成1-3歲的寶寶是為了逃避現(xiàn)實生活中的煩惱。

She'll usually spend an hour or so a day doing baby play, when she'll wear her hair in pigtails and dress up in pink, childlike outfits, wear a nappy (which she doesn't use in place of the toilet), play with toys, and babble and move around as a child would. She's been open with her friends and boyfriend about her lifestyle choice. Her boyfriend is understanding.

她通常每天花上一個小時左右扮演嬰兒，在這期間她扎著小辮，身穿粉色的稚嫩的嬰兒連體服，穿著尿布(實際上不用)，玩玩具，呀呀學(xué)語，像孩子一樣踱步。她在朋友和男友面前也不隱瞞自己選擇的生活方式，而男友對她的愛好表示理解。

How ripe should bananas be?

'完美香蕉'應(yīng)該幾分熟?

An online debate about the perfect level of banana ripeness proves there are a lot of different opinions about the best time to eat the yellow tropical fruit. A new snap that has gone viral on Instagram shared by the account fitness meals shows a bunch of bananas all at different levels of ripeness.?

近日一場關(guān)于完美香蕉成熟度的網(wǎng)絡(luò)辯論證明，人們對香蕉這種熱帶水果的最佳食用時間存在很大爭議。Instagram賬號"健身餐"分享的一張照片在該平臺上走紅，照片中是一把成熟程度各異的香蕉。

They are all labeled from numbers one through 15, with one being the most under-ripe, to 15 being the most over-ripe. The majority of banana fans said they would pick numbers 8 through 10 from the bunch. These fruit had no green under-ripe parts, with number 10 having a few brown speckles on the skin also.?

它們被標(biāo)記上1-15之間的數(shù)字，其中1是最生澀的，15則過度成熟。大多數(shù)香蕉愛好者稱，他們會挑選8-10號，這幾根香蕉沒有綠色未熟部分，而10號香蕉外皮上有些許褐色斑點。

Some opted for a more under-ripe 6 or 7 banana, while some said they would pick a very brown and speckled 11. Harley Street nutritionist Rhiannon Lambert reveals that bananas are an excellent source of potassium and other nutrients no matter how ripe they are. However she says for the average person, a more ripe banana may be easier to digest.

有些人選擇了不太熟的6號或7號香蕉，還有人稱，他們會挑選深褐色、布滿斑點的11號香蕉。哈利街營養(yǎng)學(xué)家里安諾?蘭伯特指出，無論香蕉的成熟度如何，它們都富含鉀元素以及其他營養(yǎng)物質(zhì)。然而她表示，對普通人來說，較熟的香蕉可能更容易消化。

Lack of Vitamin D increases miscarriage risk

缺乏維生素D或致流產(chǎn)

Women not receiving enough vitamin D take longer to get pregnant and may even increase their risk of having a miscarriage, a study has found. Researchers analyzed levels of the essential nutrient in the blood, before pregnancy and eight weeks after, of 1,200 women who had experienced a previous pregnancy loss and were hoping to conceive again.?

一項研究發(fā)現(xiàn)，沒有攝入足夠維生素D的女性需要更長的時間才能懷孕，甚至可能面臨更高的流產(chǎn)風(fēng)險。研究人員比對分析了1200名女性孕前和孕后8周血液中必需營養(yǎng)素的水平，這些女性此前都曾經(jīng)歷過妊娠失敗，并希望能重新受孕。

Those whose vitamin D levels were in line with recommended levels prior to conception were 15% more likely to have a live birth, and risk of miscarriage decreased as levels of the vitamin rose. The findings add to earlier studies which had suggested higher levels of vitamin D were beneficial in women undergoing in vitro fertilization.?

那些在孕前體內(nèi)維生素D水平與推薦水平一致的女性活產(chǎn)的可能性要高出15%，流產(chǎn)風(fēng)險會隨著維生素D水平的提高而降低。這一發(fā)現(xiàn)進一步證實了早前的研究，即高水平的維生素D對人工授精的婦女有益。

In fact, vitamin D is also essential for the human body to absorb calcium and other minerals from the food and drinks we consume. Deficiencies can cause bone weakness and deformities, particularly in children who are growing rapidly where it can lead to rickets.

實際上，維生素D也是人體從食物和飲料中吸收鈣和其他礦物質(zhì)的必需物質(zhì)。維生素D攝入不足會導(dǎo)致骨質(zhì)疏松或骨頭變形，尤其對于快速長身體的孩子而言，缺乏維生素D可能導(dǎo)致佝僂病。

Blue light isn't harmful

正名:藍(lán)光對眼睛無害

Many of us spend our days staring into bright screens. Light can cause damage to eyes under certain conditions, and some studies indicate that the most harmful part of the visible spectrum is blue light, which electronic devices emit to stay visible under bright conditions.?

我們很多人整天都盯著明亮的屏幕。在某些情況下，光會對眼睛造成破壞，一些研究指出，可見光中危害最大的部分就是藍(lán)光，而電子設(shè)備恰會輻射藍(lán)光從而確保在明亮的環(huán)境下能被看到。

Because of that, eyewear companies and screen-protector manufacturers have started to market and sell devices designed to protect vision by blocking blue light. "There's no evidence that blue light may be causing any irreversible damage," Dr Rahul Khurana, clinical spokesman for the American Academy of Ophthalmologists.?
美國眼科學(xué)會臨床發(fā)言人拉胡爾?庫拉納博士表示："目前尚無證據(jù)表明藍(lán)光可能會對眼睛造成任何不可逆轉(zhuǎn)的損傷。

But if blue light isn't harmful, then why are we constantly rubbing our eyes when we're looking at our screens? The answer is eyestrain: More than 60% of people experience problems associated with digital eyestrain. Our eyes are so strained because most of us blink less when we stare at our digital devices.
"但如果藍(lán)光是無害的，為什么我們在看屏幕的時候會不停揉眼睛呢？答案是眼睛疲勞：超過60%的人存在因使用電子產(chǎn)品導(dǎo)致的眼疲勞問題。我們的眼睛之所以會如此疲憊，是因為大多數(shù)人在盯著電子產(chǎn)品時，眨眼的次數(shù)會減少。

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