新托福阅读材料：女性每天喝果汁易得痛风

果汁诱发女性痛风

Women who drink just two glasses of orange juice a day are twice as likely to get gout, scientists claim.

科学家称，每天喝两杯果汁的女性得痛风的可能性增加了一倍。

Gout, a form of arthritis, affects 1.5 percent of Britons, with men four times more likely to suffer from the condition. But the number of female cases has doubled in the last 20 years.

痛风是一种关节炎，1.5%的英国人深受其痛。男性患痛风的可能性是女性的四倍，但是在过去的20年里，女性患者的数量翻了一番。

Experts believe the high fruit sugar, or fructose, content of juice causes uric acid - a waste product in the blood - to leach into joints, causing them to become swollen and very painful.

专家认为，高果糖、果糖或果汁所含物质会产生血液废弃物—尿酸，尿酸会渗透到关节中，让关节肿胀，伴有疼痛感。

The University of Boston study followed the diet habits of 80,000 women over 22 years. Those who drank a daily glass of orange juice were 41 percent more at risk of gout. Those who had two or more were 2.4 times at risk.

波士顿大学在22年间对8万位女性的饮食习惯进行跟踪研究，每天喝一杯果汁的女性得痛风的可能性增加41%，每天喝两杯或更多的女性得痛风的可能性是2.4倍。

Women who had a daily can of a soft drink were 70 percent more likely to get gout. Those who had two were 2.4 times more at risk - the same as juice. The results 'support the importance of reducing fructose intake', the experts said.

每天喝一听软饮料的女性得痛风的可能性增加了70%，喝两杯得痛风的可能性是2.4倍。专家说，研究结果鼓励更多人减少果糖摄取量。