双语阅读:黄瓜汁可以治愈肌肉抽筋?

If you're one of those unfortunate runners whose legs frequently cramp up during your runs, you may be willing to try anything to solve the problem. Anything? Are you sure? How about some pickle juice? Yes, pickle juice has long been touted as a fix for cramping muscles by some runners and coaches, and now a recent study lends even more credibility to this home remedy.

如果你不幸是经常抽筋的运动者之一你可能想尝试什么来解决这个问题。什么东西吗?你确定吗?一些泡菜汁怎么样?是的,泡菜汁一直被视为修复肌肉抽筋的一些选手和教练,一项最新的研究借更多信誉这个家庭治疗。

Researchers had 10 male college students exercise to the point of mild dehydration and then electrically induced toe cramps. Their average cramp lasted 153 seconds. They then repeated the experiment and gave the subjects either water or pickle juice. For those who drank pickle juice, the cramp was gone in 85 seconds. For subjects who drank water, their cramps lasted 134 seconds.

研究人员对10个运动的轻微脱水的男大学生进行实验，通过电击导致其抽筋，他们的平均持续时间是153秒。然后对他们进行反复的实验，那些喝黄瓜汁的到85 秒抽筋就消失了，而那些喝水的抽筋一直持续到134秒。

Fans of pickle juice have said it's the electrolytes in the juice that help get rid of the muscle cramps but, in this study, blood and urine tests found no change in the subjects' sodium, potassium, magnesium or other levels. Something else in the juice (researchers suspect vinegar) must have triggered a neurological response in the mouth, which then signaled the brain to stop the cramping.

那些黄瓜的拥护者认为汁中的电解质可以帮助摆脱肌肉抽筋,但在这项研究发现,血液和尿液测试没有改变学生的钠、钾、镁或其他的水平。果汁中的一些东西（专家怀疑醋汁）必然引起神经反应，然后大脑中便做出停止抽筋的表现。

Muscle cramps have never been much of an issue for me, but -- even if they were -- I don't think I'll be packing pickle juice in my Fuel Belt. I think I'd rather just deal with the cramps. What about you? Have you ever tried pickle juice for cramps? What was your experience? Do you swear by any other home remedies for muscle cramps or other running maladies?

抽筋对我来说从不是什么问题，但是——即使他们——我认为我不会把黄瓜汁放进我的燃料当中。我认为我宁愿只应付抽筋。你呢？有没有试过用黄瓜汁治疗抽筋？你的经验是什么？你起誓就没有别的家庭药剂治疗肌肉抽筋或其它运行的疾病吗？