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This unique work has yielded strong evidence
该项独特研究向世人提供了强有力的证据
linking transit time with disease patterns.
食物的传输与疾病的类型确实有关
Throughout the world, Dr Walker has found that in communities
纵观全球 沃尔特博士观察到
where transit times are short, Western diseases are rarely seen.
食物输送时间短的群体几乎很少罹患西方病
The discovery of this connection
这个内在联系的发现
was quickly taken back to hospital wards in the West,
即刻被运用到西方病房中
and doctors treating bowel disorders
医生们在治疗肠道紊乱时
began prescribing fibre-rich bran, with impressive results.
尝试开高纤的麦麸做药 效果显著
I now have over 1,000 patients with irritable colons,
我现在有约1000个过敏性肠炎
diverticular disease and various other bowel diseases that
憩室症和其他肠道疾病患者
have progressed extremely satisfactorily
在饮食中添加了麦麸后
on a normal diet plus bran alone.
病情显著缓和
Problem solved,
问题顺利解决
even if the bran came from the pharmacy rather than the canteen.
没人会顾及这些麦麸来自药房而非餐厅
Discoveries like the importance of fibre were very significant.
纤维质重要性的发现意义非凡
But as the end of the century approached,
随着新世纪即将到来
it became clear that obesity was fast becoming an epidemic.
肥胖症已迅速成为流行病
Scientists urgently needed
我们亟需科学家
to understand the root causes of the problem.
研究出其病根

重点解释

even if the bran came from the pharmacy rather than the canteen.即使这些麦麸来自药房而非餐厅

even if:即使

We should practice economy even if we are rich.

即使我们富裕了也仍应该厉行节约。

come from:来自； 起源于

Most of these children come from broken families.

这些孩子中的多数人来自婚姻破裂的家庭。

rather than:而不是

She is pretty rather than attractive.

她是漂亮，而不吸引人。

These are political rather than social matters.

这是政治问题而不是社会问题。

Scientists urgently needed to understand the root causes of the problem.我们亟需科学家研究出其病根

root causes :根源

He argues that one of the root causes of crime is poverty.

他认为犯罪的一个根本原因是贫穷。

Unhappiness is the root cause of his illness.

不开心是他生病的根源。