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第20章 Web Site Helps Improve Health

A Web site will allow people to read their bodies for clues as to their health and to consider possible help for any ailments①.

Users of the online diagnostic② tool—www.mybodylanguage.co.uk—face a range of questions such as “are you forgetful?,” “do you crave③ butter?” and “have you lost your sense of humor?” from the cyber doctor. Depending on the answer, patients are told the probable vitamin④ or mineral deficiency⑤. they may be suffering from, and what they should do to get rid of the symptoms⑥.

Cope and co-creator Jim Campbell set up the free-to-users Web site to help people take steps to improve their health.

We have developed the Body Language concept so that people can identify⑦ deficiencies and replenish them with healthy foodstuffs.

Campbell, a forensic scientist, said many doctors use the same kind of thinking in their medical diagnosis as used by the Web site which gives detailed explanations as to causes and effects of health problems.

① ailmentn. 疾病(尤指微恙),不宁,不安

② diagnosticadj. 诊断的

③ cravev. 恳求,渴望

④ vitaminn. 维他命,维生素

⑤ deficiencyn. 缺乏,不足

⑥ symptomn. [医][植]症状,征兆

⑦ identifyv. 识别,鉴别,把……和……看成一样

网站健康诊断

英国“我的身体语言”网站推出在线诊断服务,通过对网民身体各个方面的仔细检查,可以及时发现他们在健康上存在的问题并对各种疾病的治疗提供适当的帮助。

网民在这家网站登录后,将会面对网络医生提出的一系列问题,诸如“你是否总是健忘?”,“你是否老是想吃黄油?”以及“你是否已经丧失幽默感?”等。医生们会根据网民所做出的不同回答,告诉他们其体内可能会缺少哪些维生素或矿物质从而引发了相应的疾病,以及为摆脱这些症状所应采取的各种有效措施。

生物化学家柯普和另一位合作者法医学家吉姆·坎贝尔一起创立了这家免费网站,目的在于帮助人们设法改善其健康状况。

我们成功地发展了身体语言这一概念,人们由此可以确定自己体内到底缺少哪些物质,并通过食用各种健康食品使它们得以补充。

对于身体语言的运用可以使大众能够在更大程度上掌控自己的身体健康,并将应对疾病的重点放在预防而不是治疗上。该网站可以对各种健康问题的起因及其对身体的影响做出详细的解释。