Name: 【聽Podcast學英文】吃太多蛋白質，反而傷身？ (Are we too fixated on protein? ⏲️ 6 Minute English)
Uploaded: 2025-10-17T21:01:30.000Z
Duration: 6 min 16 s

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魚、一點雞肉，但我認為我真的很喜歡雞蛋。

Fish, bit of chicken, but I think I really like an egg.

我超愛早餐食物，而雞蛋是我的最愛。

I'm a big fan of breakfast foods and eggs are my favourite.

在主要的食物群組，像是碳水化合物、脂肪和纖維中，

Of all the main food groups such as carbohydrate, fat and fiber, it's protein that seems to be most in the news.

In shops and on social media, you'll find all kinds of high protein foods being advertised, from shakes and yogurts to chocolate.

在商店和社群媒體上，你會看到各種高蛋白質的食物被廣告，

Here's Ruth Alexander, presenter of BBC World Service programme the Food Chain.

Cast your eye over most aisles in the supermarkets now and you'll see high protein products in abundance.

這是 BBC World Service 節目「食物鏈」的主持人 Ruth Alexander。

Pasta made with lentils and chickpeas rather than wheat flour.

現在看看超市裡的大部分貨架，你會發現高蛋白質產品隨處可見。

用小扁豆和鷹嘴豆做的義大利麵，而不是小麥粉。

Ruth casts her eye over the supermarket shelves.

添加了豆類和豆科植物的麵包。

If you cast your eye over something, you take a quick look at it.

What she sees are protein products in abundance and in other words, in large quantities.

如果你掃視某樣東西，就是快速地看它一眼。

Products which already contain protein like yogurt are repackaged as high protein, while other items have extra protein added often in the form of beans and pulses.

她看到的是隨處可見的蛋白質產品，也就是說，數量很多。

優格這類本來就含有蛋白質的產品，會被重新包裝成高蛋白產品，

Our bodies need protein for health and to build muscle.

而其他商品則會額外添加蛋白質，通常是豆類和豆科植物的形式。

But with all this focus on protein, are we forgetting about other important nutrients such as fiber?

That's what we'll be discussing in this program, hearing some useful new words and phrases.

我們的身體需要蛋白質來維持健康和建立肌肉。

But first, I have a question for you, Georgie.

但是，在如此關注蛋白質的同時，我們是不是忽略了其他重要的營養素，像是纖維呢？

The popularity of protein started with bodybuilders and people working out in gyms who ate extra protein to gain muscle.

這就是我們在這個節目中要討論的，也會學到一些實用的新單字和片語。

Irishman Patrick Callahan is a big name in the protein muscle world.

不過，Georgie，我先有個問題想問你。

Is he A, the owner of a company which makes protein shakes, B, the winner of the 2024 Mr.

和在健身房運動的人，他們攝取額外的蛋白質來增加肌肉。

Universe bodybuilding contest, Or C, the scientist who discovered a new protein in outer space?

愛爾蘭人 Patrick Callahan 是蛋白質肌肉領域裡的大人物。

Oh, I' to say Patrick Callahan is the winner of the 2024 Mr. Universe bodybuilding contest.

Okay, we'll find out if you're right at the end.

他是 A) 一家生產蛋白質奶昔的公司老闆，

Marketing campaigns that promote sales of high protein food are certainly working.

還是 B) 2024 宇宙先生比賽的冠軍？

Sales of protein products make around 7 billion pounds globally.

還是 C) 那位在太空中發現新蛋白質的科學家？

Here's Scott Dicker from spins, a market research company in Chicago, talking with BBC program the Food Chain.

喔，我猜 Patrick Callahan 是 2024 宇宙先生健美比賽的冠軍。

So sometimes carbs are good, sometimes they're bad for consumers.

好的，我們最後會揭曉你說的對不對。

Sometimes fat is good, sometimes it's bad for consumers.

那些推廣高蛋白食品銷售的行銷活動，肯定奏效了。

But protein seems to have this continuous health halo on it.

蛋白質產品的全球銷售額約有 70 億英鎊。

Unlike carbs, that's carbohydrates and fat.

這是來自芝加哥市場研究公司 spins 的 Scott Dicker，

Consumers don't see any downside to eating protein.

他在 BBC 的節目「The Food Chain」上說的。

Scott says protein has a health halo, a marketing term which describes perceiving a food to be healthy based on a single feature so such as being organic, gluten free, or in this case, high protein, even if its overall nutritional value is poor.

所以有時候碳水化合物對消費者來說是好的，有時候卻不好。

有時候脂肪對消費者來說是好的，有時候卻不好。

Food which used to be considered unhealthy is now called healthy just because a spoonful of protein powder has been added.

但蛋白質似乎一直都有健康光環籠罩著。

So could our modern obsession with protein mean that we ignore other important food groups like fiber?

和碳水化合物，也就是碳水化合物和脂肪不一樣。

消費者認為吃蛋白質沒有任何缺點。

Karan Rajan thinks so and explains why here to Ruth Alexander on BBC World Service programme the Food Chain.

Scott 說蛋白質有個「健康光環」，

And do you think we're paying enough attention to fiber historically?

這是一個行銷術語，指的是因為食物的單一特點，

像是有機、無麩質或高蛋白質，就認為它很健康，

I think the tide is turning and there's more people interested in fiber and optimizing their fiber intake and fiber maxing even it's a trend on TikTok.

Fiber maxing is, you know, as it suggests, similar to the protein maxing trend where people are trying to maximize their fiber intake with little hacks or tricks or tips that they could do.

Whether it's, you know, adding certain seeds or nuts to snacks.

現在因為加了一勺蛋白質粉，就被稱為健康食品了。

Many people pay more attention to protein than fiber in their diet.

那麼，我們對蛋白質的現代迷戀，會不會讓我們忽略了像纖維這樣重要的食物類別呢？

But Dr. Karan thinks the tide is turning, an idiom which means that things are changing.

NHS 外科醫生兼部落客 Dr. Karan Rajan

In part, this is thanks to a new trend from America called fiber maxing, consuming lots of fiber by eating fiber rich foods and supplements for their health benefits.

在 BBC World Service 的節目「The Food Chain」上，向 Ruth Alexander 解釋了他為何這麼認為。

Dr. Karan also gives some hacks good solutions or pieces of advice to help boost your fiber intake.

你認為我們對纖維的關注夠嗎？

For example, adding seeds and nuts to meals.

In fact, the healthiest diet is probably a balanced diet, one containing items from all the major food groups.

我覺得風向正在改變，越來越多人對纖維感興趣，並開始優化他們的纖維攝取，甚至在 TikTok 上還有「纖維最大化」的趨勢。

But I'm still intrigued by your question,

纖維最大化，顧名思義，有點像蛋白質最大化的趨勢，大家試圖透過一些小技巧、小撇步或小建議來最大化他們的纖維攝取。

I asked you who the Irishman Patrick Callahan was and I said he was the winner of the Mr.

無論是加入某些種子或堅果到點心裡。

很多人在飲食上比纖維更關注蛋白質。

但 Karan 醫生認為風向正在改變，這是一個表示事情正在改變的慣用語。

OK, let's recap the vocabulary we've learned in this episode.

部分原因歸功於一項來自美國的新趨勢，稱為纖維最大化，透過食用富含纖維的食物和補充品來攝取大量纖維，以促進健康。

If you cast your eye over something, you have a quick look at it.

Karan 醫生也提供了一些實用技巧、好的解決方案或建議，來幫助你增加纖維攝取。

If something is in abundance, there's a lot or more than enough of it.

例如，在餐點中加入種子和堅果。

A health halo refers to overestimating how healthy an item is based on a single feature, such as being low in calories, code, gluten free or high in protein.

事實上，最健康的飲食可能是一種均衡飲食，包含所有主要食物群的食物。

The idiom the tide is turning means that things are changing the trend.

不過，我還是對你的問題感到好奇，Neil。

Fibermaxing means people intentionally consume lots of fibre by eating fiber rich foods and supplements for their health benefits.

你不覺得是時候揭曉答案了嗎？

And finally, a hack is a good solution or piece of advice.

我問你，愛爾蘭人 Patrick Callahan 是誰。

我說他是宇宙先生比賽的冠軍。

Remember, you can find worksheets, quizzes and loads more resources to improve your English over On our website bbclearningenglish.com com see you there soon.

好的，讓我們來複習一下這集學到的單字。

如果你 cast your eye over something，就是快速看一眼。

如果某樣東西 in abundance，表示有很多或足夠以上。

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A health halo 指的是基於單一特徵而高估某項產品的健康程度，例如低卡路里、無麩質或高蛋白質。

慣用語 the tide is turning 意思是事情正在改變趨勢。Fibermaxing 意思是人們透過食用富含纖維的食物和補充品來攝取大量纖維，以獲得健康益處。 最後，hack 指的是一個很好的解決方法或建議。 時間又到了，我們的六分鐘又結束了。 不過這裡還有另一個小撇步要分享給你。 記得喔，你可以在 bbclearningenglish.com 網站上找到講義、測驗和更多資源來提升你的英文，我們網站上見！ 不過現在，我們要說再見了。 再見。   

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