After we grow up, however, the body begins a process of gradually wearing out.

　　A new awareness of physical fitness may help lengthen our years of health and vitality, yet nothing we do will work to stop the unavoidable force of aging.

　　Most of the changes of aging take place deep inside the body. The lungs become less able to take in oxygen. Powerful muscles gradually lose their strength. The heart loses power and pumps less blood. Bones grow easier to break.

　　Finally, we meet a stress, a stress that is greater than our physical resistance. Often, it is only a minor accident or chance infection (a disease caused by virus), but this time, it brings life to an end.

　　In 1932, a classic experiment nearly doubled the lifetime of rats, simply by cutting back the calories (unit for measuring the energy value of food)in their diet. The reason for the effect was then unknown.

　　Today, at the University of California at Berkley, Dr. Paul Seagle has also greatly lengthened the normal lifetime of rats. The result was achieved through a special protein (蛋白质)limited diet, which had a great effect on the chemistry of the brain. Seagle showed that within the brain, specific chemicals control many of the signals that influence aging. By changing that chemical balance, the clock of aging can be reset.

　　For the first time, the mystery (something that is difficult to understand or to explain)of why we age is being seriously challenged. Scientists in many fields are now making striking and far-reaching discoveries.

【2016届高考英语二轮复习阅读理解七十五十集之连载训练：（6）】相关文章：

★ 【课堂新坐标】2017届高考英语（通用版）二轮复习完形填空专题训练：技法2 利用语义逻辑关系解题（含解析）

★ 2016届高考英语二轮复习阅读理解七十五十集之连载训练：（48）

★ 湖南省汝城二中2014届高考英语一轮复习阅读训练 (71)

★ 专家建议高考英语二轮复习一点要培养语感

★ 重庆市2014高考英语阅读理解一轮（精品）训练题（7）附答案

★ 2016届高考英语二轮复习阅读理解七十五十集之连载训练：（25）

★ 天津市武清区杨村第四中学2016届高考英语一轮复习语法专题二《倒装句专练》课件外研版

★ 湖南省岳阳市2014高考英语一轮单项选择训练题（10）及答案

★ 湖南省岳阳市2014高考英语一轮单项选择训练题（4）及答案

★ 2017年高考英语二轮复习精品资料：专题15 完形填空（教学案）（原卷版）