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Eating cherries could cut gout

Ten to 12 cherries was counted as one serving. During the period the patients were studied, they had a total of 1,247 gout attacks. Some 42% of those studied ate cherries or cherry extract. These patients had a 37% lower risk of gout attacks than those who did not eat the fruit.

10到12顆櫻桃算1份。在研究期間，病患痛風發作的次數共1247次。接受研究的病患，約42%病患吃了櫻桃或櫻桃萃取物。這些患者的痛風發作率，比沒吃的人低37%。

新聞辭典

attack：名詞，疾病發作，如an attack of asthma：氣喘發作。

affect：動詞，（疾病）侵襲、罹患。例句：It’s a disease which affects mainly older people.（這是一種主要侵襲老年人的疾病。）

prior to：片語，在...之前。如the weeks prior to her death：在她去世前的幾週。

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