研究:让医生远离你的不是苹果，是1亿苹果细菌

研究:让医生远离你的不是苹果，是1亿苹果细菌

Here’s a reason to splurge on organic.

这是一个大肆购买有机食品的理由。

An apple not treated with pesticides contains more than 100 million diverse bacteria could make them better for our health than conventional apples, according to a study published Wednesday in the journal Frontiers in Microbiology.

周三发表在《微生物学前沿》(Frontiers in Microbiology)杂志上的一项研究显示，未经杀虫剂处理的苹果含有超过1亿种不同的细菌，它们可能比传统苹果更有益于我们的健康。

These millions of microbes are important in maintaining a healthy gut environment, which other research has linked to everything from lowering our risk of developing allergies to better mental health.

这些数以百万计的微生物在维持健康的肠道环境中发挥着重要作用，其他研究已经将其与降低我们患过敏的风险、改善心理健康等方方面面联系起来。

In the study, researchers compared the bacteria in store-bought apples with organic ones that were the same varietal and had roughly the same appearance. They tested all parts of the apple, from the skin to the stem.

在这项研究中，研究人员将商店购买的苹果中的细菌与品种相同、外观大致相同的有机苹果中的细菌进行了比较。他们测试了苹果的所有部分，从皮到茎。

Though they found there were the same amount of bacteria in both kinds of apples, the variety was vastly different. This diverse bacterial community is the key to making them healthier than conventional, non-organic apples.

虽然他们发现这两种苹果的细菌数量相同，但品种却大不相同。这种多样性的细菌群落是使苹果比传统的非有机苹果更健康的关键。

Eating something like an organic apple is especially good because typically it’s not cooked, which can kill the helpful bacteria, author Gabriele Berg from Graz University of Technology in Austria told The Guardian.

奥地利格拉茨科技大学的加布里埃尔·伯格在接受《卫报》采访时表示，吃有机苹果尤其有益，因为一般来说，有机苹果是不用煮的，烹饪会杀死有益的细菌。

“The bacteria, fungi and viruses in our food transiently colonise our gut,” she said. “Cooking kills most of these, so raw fruit and veg are particularly important sources of gut microbes.”

她说：“我们食物中的细菌、真菌和病毒会暂时寄生在我们的肠道中。烹饪会杀死大部分的细菌，所以生水果和蔬菜是肠道微生物的重要来源。”

Organic apples also taste better, the researchers confirmed. A microbe known as methylobacterium — which enhances strawberry-flavored compounds, is “significantly higher abundant in organic apples,” the researchers wrote.

研究人员证实，有机苹果的味道也更好。研究人员写道，一种被称为甲基杆菌的微生物，可以增强草莓味的化合物，在有机苹果中含量明显更高。

The outcome is a win-win-win for us, the trees and the environment, researchers concluded.

研究人员总结说，这对我们、树木和环境来说是一个三赢的结果。

“Organic apples conceivably feature favorable health effects for the consumer, the host plant and the environment in contrast to conventional apples, which were found to harbor potential food-borne pathogens,” they wrote.

他们写道:“与传统苹果相比，有机苹果显然对消费者、寄主植物和环境都有良好的健康影响，而传统苹果被发现含有潜在的食源性病原体。”

And in case you were wondering, no, the study was not written by an organic apple, or paid for by Big Apple for that matter. The authors got funding from the Austrian government for the research.

你想这肯定是广告?不，这项研究不是由有机苹果公司写的，也不是由大苹果公司花钱搞的。作者们是正正经经从奥地利政府那里得到的研究经费。