Will drinking champagne stop me getting dementia?

喝香槟能不能防止痴呆？

Three glasses of champagne a day can prevent dementia, claimed news stories last week. Enough to make anyone crack open the Cristal. The reports were based on a study from the University of Reading that was carried out three years ago but resurfaced last week via social media. The researchers found that drinking champagne improved spatial memory – the ability to navigate to wherever you want to go (for example, getting home after the pub). Champagne contains chardonnay mixed with pinot noir and pinot meunier, two black grapes that contain phenolic acids, which are thought to reduce inflammation and may protect brain cells.

上周的新闻故事宣布，一天三杯香槟可以防治痴呆4ZWLhC,;,;NxYq^。这理由足以让人试图打开一瓶VUCJVmg_N)ao。报告基于一项Reading大学三年前的研究，然而上周又通过社交媒体浮出水面0-o8BhNs;g。研究者发现喝香槟可以改进空间记忆——行驶到你想去地方的能力（比如，从酒吧到家）D)vDI*wb&qR33K;t8R。香槟包含夏敦埃酒，混合着黑皮诺和莫尼耶皮诺，这是两种包含着酚醛酸的黑葡萄，可以减少发炎，或许会保护脑细胞3ZDyaeWagyXIMtM*a)d。

So far so good but, unless you are a rodent, there is no evidence that quaffing champagne will preserve your cognitive function. The study was done not on humans but on 24 mature rats. The rats were divided into groups of eight and either champagne, another fizzy alcoholic drink or a carbonated soft drink was mixed into their feed. Over six weeks, researchers measured the rats’ ability to get through a maze to locate a treat and found that the champagne drinkers were significantly better at the task.

目前看来效果不错，但除非你是啮齿目动物，不然没有证据表明痛饮香槟可以保护你的认知功能HPjjUL[Pen)zklwq。这项研究并不是在人类身上实验的，而是在24只成熟老鼠身上L+GvOvk.HO~leb)=]。老鼠被分为八组，香槟，气泡酒精或含二氧化碳的饮料被混合进了他们的食物中|PoMsb0.(Fo=。在六周的时间内，研究者测试了老鼠通过迷宫来定位食物的能力，并发现喝香槟的老鼠明显在任务中表现更好dNuZrT2x5|te;A7X。

When the rats’ brains were examined under a microscope, those who had drunk champagne showed increased amounts of proteins that stimulate the formation of nerve-cell networks and are involved in memory and learning. In particular, these rats had more of a protein called dystrophin in the hippocampus region of the brain, which may protect against loss of reasoning and spatial memory.

在显微镜下观察老鼠大脑时发现时，那些喝了香槟的老鼠体内蛋白质数量增加，这种蛋白质可以刺激神经细胞网络的形成，这和记忆与学习有关Ba#9UB6SKunzaQ1。特别的是，这些老鼠的大脑海马区具有更多的抗肌萎缩蛋白，也许可以防止逻辑推理能力和空间记忆的丧失OlBv*9%FO0AGgTm.g。

However different rats are from humans, the laboratory rodent has been widely used as a model for human disease, especially for research into stroke, heart disease, diabetes and breast cancer. So are there implications in this study for humans? Disappointing news for champagne lovers – the rats were given just 1.78ml per kilo of body weight – the human equivalent would be one and a half flutes a week.

无论老鼠和人类有多么不同，实验室的啮齿目动物一直被广泛地用作防控人类疾病的模型，尤其是对中风，心脏病，糖尿病和乳腺癌的研究5H@RG&Pkh)Gt8V.。那么这项研究对人类有启发吗？对于香槟爱好者来说坏消息是——老鼠只接受了体重1.78毫升每千克的量——相当于人类每星期1.5杯K1+F9!G8cnE4z[1,l。

If you really want to justify a glass of champagne on health grounds, you can always quote physicians of the 19th century, who swore it could dissolve kidney stones, cure anaemia and keep you healthy.

如果你想证明香槟对健康有益，你可以轻易从19世纪物理学家的研究中找到证据，香槟可以溶解肾结石，治疗贫血，使你保持健康0!fwp#v#@zfQbZn。

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