研究揭示喝运动饮料无益健康_BEC初级作文

研究揭示喝运动饮料无益健康

加州大学伯克利分校阿特金斯体重和健康中心（Atkins Center for Weight and Health）的研究人员发现，最受市场欢迎的饮料中有21种，其成分包含糖、咖啡因和钠。此外，其中许多饮料包含银杏萃取物、瓜拉那、牛磺酸和生姜提取物。这些成分中，只有最后一种被美国国家卫生研究院（National Institutes of Health）认定为“可能安全”。

Patricia Crawford, the study’s lead author, told the public-radio show The California Report that the lack of research into several of those additives was “troubling.” She cited as particularly worrisome the minimal knowledge of the possible effects on the children and teenagers who make up a big chunk of the market for the beverages.

研究报告的第一作者帕特里夏•克劳福德在公众电台节目“加利福尼亚报道”（The California Report）中表示，对这些添加剂的研究上的空白“非常麻烦”。她认为，这类饮料对儿童和年轻人这些主要消费者的可能影响仍然不为人所知，这点尤其令人担忧。

In May, Euromonitor International reported that sales of energy and sports drinks grew in 2013 by 4%, considerably slower than the 9% growth the year before. Euromonitor predicts volume growth of just 12% from 2013 to 2018, considerably lower than the 23% growth the segment enjoyed from 2008 to 2013. “It will be more difficult to grow sales in the years ahead … as concerns about health and safety have risen,” the market-watcher concluded. Another factor is the proliferation of other alternative beverages such as juice drinks, prepared teas, and bottled water, according to Euromonitor.