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We thought in the medical profession that the only way you can lose weight, if your BMI over 35, was to have weight loss surgery
原來醫學界認為要想減肥，BMI超過35的人必須接受減肥手術
That really is like what the medical profession was teaching
這是醫學專業總在教授的
And they put folks on a diet that wasn't that different than the foods I'm talking about
這篇研究讓重度肥胖者通過飲食同我之前講的那些食物很類似
and had them exercise moderately everyday the way that Ellen Hughes proposed
以及每天適量鍛煉，也就是埃倫·休斯建議的那樣
And they all lost weight and did very well, Now with the exercise, with the diet
結果患者減肥很成功，鍛煉和飲食
I can tell you, it's the combination of these things
兩者的結合是很重要的
But in all these cultures, they don't exercise the way we do
所有傳統地方，鍛煉都不像美國
They're not like obsessive and going to the gym and you know trying to prepare for a marathon one month and then doing nothing the next
美國人都是等到長跑前，才突擊訓練一下，之后又什么都不做了
That's what people in the US do, we go to one extreme from the other
這是從一個極端到另一個極端
They just move their bodies every day
而傳統文化強調天天運動
Even in the kitchen, they're burning calories, You saw that metate.
在廚房做飯，他們都會消耗能量。比如磨
You spend 20 minutes with that thing
你要花20分鐘去磨
And you probably burn 200 calories or more, so you know
這會消耗200卡路里或更多
That really is just much more a part of the culture
這已經成為了文化的一部分
The other thing is, you'll notice these folks from Crete and even the folks from Japan they don't look like the front cover of AARP elderly
再看，這些克里特人，甚至日本人，不像退休者協會宣傳畫報中的那些老年人
you know, they're not like these cachectic, you know perfectly Dooney and Bourke looking folks
身體瘦弱，卻穿著體面
Some of them actually have a little bit of layers on them and that was really interesting for me too
他們有些人甚至有一些微胖，這同樣讓我覺得有趣
but they're really healthy; they move around; they eat well
不過他們很健康，四處走動，胃口好
