Starting the day on an egg could keep your blood pressure (血压) under control, research suggests. Scientists have shown that eggs produce proteins with a function similar to that of powerful blood pressurelowering drugs.
The research, from the University of Alberta in Canada, showed that when eggs come in contact with stomach enzymes (酶) they produce a protein that acts in the same way as ACE inhibitors used to treat heart disease, but more work is needed to show the effects outside a lab and in the human body.
Earlier this month, British researchers declared that, opposite to popular beliefs, it is healthy to go to work on an egg. They concluded that the type of cholesterol (胆固醇) found in eggs has little effect on increasing heart disease risks.
Researcher Professor Bruce Griffin, from the University of Surrey, said, “The wrong beliefs linking egg eating to high blood cholesterol and heart disease must be corrected. The amount of fat in our diet has an effect on blood cholesterol that is several times greater than the relatively small amounts of cholesterol found in eggs. The UK public do not need to be limiting the number of eggs they eat. They can be encouraged to include them in a healthy diet as they are one of nature's most nutritious foods.”
The British Heart Foundation has dropped its threeeggaweek limit. However, almost half of Britons believe the limit still applies.
32. From the text we know that “ACE inhibitors” are______.
A. a kind of protein B. a kind of illness
C. a kind of medicine D. a kind of food
33. According to what Professor Bruce said, eggs______.
A. are the most nutritious food B. can be included in a healthy diet
C. have no effect on blood cholesterol D. are forbidden to be eaten in the UK
34. We can infer from the text that________.
A. drugs to lower blood pressure will be replaced by eating eggs
B. stomach enzymes mixed with eggs can cure heart diseases
C. there is relatively quite a little cholesterol found in eggs
D. about 50% of Britons think eating an egg a day is bad for their health
35. The text is meant______.
A. to introduce scientific findings about eggs
B. to report a medicine made from eggs
C. to tell people how to lower their blood pressure
D. to advise people to eat as many eggs as possible