研究：吃鸡蛋让人变慷慨_BEC初级作文

研究：吃鸡蛋让人变慷慨

If you are looking for a loan, serving your bank manager breakfast might just do the trick.

如果你准备申请贷款，不妨为银行经理准备早餐，问题即可迎刃而解。

A compound found in eggs makes people much more generous, new research suggests.

最新研究表明，鸡蛋中含有的化合物可以让人变得更慷慨。

Scientists say that tryptophan, an amino acid found in some foods, can change our behavior.

科学家指出，一些食物中所含名为色氨酸的一种氨基酸能够改变我们的行为。

In experiments they found that consuming a small portion of tryptophan - the equivalent of that found in three eggs - doubled the sum volunteers gave to charity.

通过实验他们发现，摄入少量色氨酸(相当于三颗鸡蛋中该物质的含量)就会使志愿者的捐款数目增加一倍。

Eggs and other foods such as fish and milk are rich in tryptophan, an amino acid that is converted in the body into the feel-good chemical serotonin.

鸡蛋和鱼，奶等食物均富含色氨酸，色氨酸在人体内会转化成让人感到快乐的化学物质血清素。

The substance is also marketed as a food supplement called TRP.

这种物质也做为一种叫做TRP的食品添加剂在市场上发售。

Psychologists from Leiden University in the Netherlands, writing in the Frontiers in Psychology journal, said: ‘For the first time, we investigated whether the administration of a compound contained in food such as fish, eggs, soy, and milk can promote charitable donating. ‘Our study is the first demonstration that charitable donating can be enhanced by serotonin-related food supplements.’