男士养生有道:必备食物

　　1. TomatoSauce 番茄酱

　　Men who eat a lot of tomatoes, tomato sauce, or pizza smothered with the stuff may be giving themselves a hedge against prostate cancer. So say researchers at Harvard, who studied the eating habits of more than 47,000 male health professionals。

　　男人吃大量的番茄、番茄酱或者涂有大量番茄酱的披萨饼，都可以起到预防前列腺癌的功效。哈佛的研究人员在研究了47000多名健康职业男性的饮食习惯后得出了上述结论。

　　They found that men who ate tomato sauce two to four times per week had a 35 percent lower risk of developing prostate cancer than men who ate none. A carotenoid called lycopene, which tomatoes contain in abundance, appeared to be responsible. But scientists were puzzled: tomato juice didn't seem to have a protective effect。

　　研究人员表示，每周吃两至四次番茄酱的男性与不吃的男性相比，其罹患前列腺癌的风险降低了35%。番茄中大量含有一种类胡萝卜素即番茄红素，其所发挥的作用不可小觑。然而令科学家困惑的是，番茄汁不具有类似的功效。

　　2. Oysters 牡蛎

　　Myth has it that oysters arethe food of love. Science may agree. Just two to three

　　oysters deliver afull day's supply of zinc, a mineral critical for normalfunctioning of the male reproductivesystem。

　　相传牡蛎是情爱之食，科学家对此表示认同。区区两三枚牡蛎就可以供给男人一天所需的锌，而锌是男性生殖系统正常运作所需的重要矿物质。

　　Scientistsreport that sperm counts have declined over the last 50 years andthat environmental factors are to blame. Getting adequate zinc issometimes the answer. In onetrial, 22men with low testosterone levels and sperm counts were given zincevery day for 45 mg to 50 mg days. Testosterone levels andsperm counts rose。

　　科学家表示，男性精子数量在近50年来不断下降，环境因素的影响难辞其咎。摄取足量的锌有时可以解决问题。在一项试验中，22个睾丸激素和精子数量较低的男性每天食用45至50毫克的锌，之后其睾丸激素和精子数量均有所提高。