Diet low in flavanols may drive age-related memory loss, scientists claim.

科学家称，低黄烷醇饮食可能会导致与年龄有关的记忆力丧失。

He is the lead writer of a research paper describing the effects of cocoa flavanols on brain activity.

他是一份研究论文的主撰稿人，这篇论文描述了可可黄烷醇对大脑活动的影响。

He also says many manufacturers remove the flavanols from their chocolate products.

他说很多制造商还从巧克力产品中去掉了黄烷醇。

The belief is that dark chocolate can increase muscle growth because it contains the flavanol epicatechin.

有人相信黑巧克力可以增长肌肉，因为它富含黄烷醇表儿茶素。

Another study is looking to see if high levels of cocoa flavanols can help prevent heart attacks and strokes.

另一项研究着眼于看可可黄烷醇能否预防心脏病和中风。

" This capsule of cocoa flavanols will avoid having the calories and the sugar and the saturated fat found in chocolate."

“这种可可黄烷醇胶囊不含巧克力中的热量、糖分和饱和脂肪。”

Sounds delicious, but it sounds more like… it also has cocoa flavanols, though, they say.

听起来很美味，但听起来更像是… … 不过，他们说，它还含有可可黄烷醇。

But, one group's capsules will contain flavanols. The other group will take capsules made of an inactive substance, or placebo.

但是一组服用的胶囊含有黄烷醇，另一组服用的胶囊是用非活性物质即安慰剂制成的。

Dr. Manson says that a person would have to eat ten times a normal amount to get the flavanols in just one flavanol pill.

曼森博士说，一个人需要食用正常量的10倍才能顶上一片黄烷醇胶囊。

Dr. Small says that the subjects who had the high-level flavanol drink showed much improvement on memory tests.

斯摩尔博士说，饮用高浓度黄烷醇的受试者的记忆测试水平有了很大提高。

For a period of three months, some subjects got 900 milligrams of flavanol a day. The others got 10 milligrams of flavanol each day.

在三个月时间内，有些受试者每天饮用900毫克的黄烷醇，其他的每天饮用10毫克的黄烷醇。

They plan a four-year study of 18,000 adults, who will take capsules of pure cocoa flavanols, in what is being called the largest test of its kind.

他们计划在4年内研究1.8万名成年人，参与者服用纯可可黄烷醇的胶囊，这是此类实验中规模最大的。

That's according to new research in the US that found people with a diet rich in flavanols may be less likely to lose their memory.

这是根据美国的一项新研究发现，饮食中富含黄烷醇的人也许不太可能失去记忆。

Yes, so when the headline says that a diet, low in flavanols, drives memory loss, it means that that diet pushes in the direction of memory loss.

是的，所以当标题说低黄烷醇的饮食会导致记忆力丧失时，它的意思是这种饮食推动了记忆力丧失的发展。

" The amount of chocolate that it would take in order to have this amount of cocoa flavanols would be more than ten times the amount that people would ordinarily eat."

“要获得这样剂量的可可黄烷醇，必须食用日常量10倍的巧克力才能获得。”

“The amount of chocolate that it would take in order to have this amount of cocoa flavanols would be more than ten times the amount that people would ordinarily eat, ” said Manson.

“含有黄烷醇的药片中黄烷醇的份量是日常中吃的巧克力中黄烷醇含量的10倍多。”