[G] In Southern California， Loma Linda University School of Medicine is offering specialized training for its resident physicians in Lifestyle Medicine - that is a formal specialty in using food to treat disease. Research findings increasingly show the power of food to treat or reverse diseases， but that does not mean that diet alone is always the solution， or that every illness can benefit substantially from dietary changes. Nonetheless， physicians say that they look at the collective data and a clear picture emerges： that the salt， sugar， fat and processed foods in the American diet contribute to the nation’s high rates of obesity， diabetes and heart disease. According to the World Health Organization， 80 percent of deaths from heart disease and stroke are caused by high blood pressure， tobacco use， elevated cholesterol and low consumption of fruits and vegetables.

　　[H] “It‘s a different paradigm（范式） of how to treat disease，” says Dr. Brenda Rea， who helps run the family and preventive medicine residency program at Loma Linda University School of Medicine. The lifestyle medicine specialty is designed to train doctors in how to prevent and treat disease， in part， by changing patients’ nutritional habits. The medical center and school at Loma Linda also has a food cupboard and kitchen for patients. This way， patients not only learn about which foods to buy， but also how to prepare them at home.

　　[I] Many people don‘t know how to cook， Rea says， and they only know how to heat things up. That means depending on packaged food with high salt and sugar content. So teaching people about which foods are healthy and how to prepare them， she says， can actually transform a patient’s life. And beyond that， it might transform the health and lives of that patient‘s family. “What people eat can be medicine or poison，” Rea says. “As a physician， nutrition is one of the most powerful things you can change to reverse the effects of long-term disease.”

　　[J] Studies have explored evidence that dietary changes can slow inflammation（炎症）， for example， or make the body inhospitable to cancer cells. In general， many lifestyle medicine physicians recommend a plant-based diet - particularly for people with diabetes or other inflammatory conditions.

　　[K] “As what happened with tobacco， this will require a cultural shift， but that can happen，” says Nguyen. “In the same way physicians used to smoke， and then stopped smoking and were able to talk to patients about it， I think physicians can have a bigger voice in it.”

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　　36. More than half of the food Americans eat is factory-produced.

　　答案：D。题干是对该段In America， over 50 percent of our food is processed food的同义替换。

　　37. There is a special program that assigns doctors to give advice to shoppers in food stores.

　　答案：B。题干中food store是对该段grocery store的同义替换；且名词program、doctors和shoppers均在该段原词复现。

　　38. There is growing evidence from research that food helps patients recover from various illnesses.

　　答案：J。题干中evidence在该段原词复现；题干中research是对该段studies的同义替换；题干中food与原文dietary同义替换；题干中recover from various illnesses与该段slowinflammation以及make the body inhospitable to cancer cells含义一致。

　　39. A healthy breakfast can be prepared quickly and easily.

　　答案：A。题干的并列结构prepared quickly and easily与该段quickandeasy to prapare同义替换。

　　40. Train a patient to prepare healthy food can change their life.

　　答案：I。change与原文transform是同义替换；prepare、patient、life均在该段原词复现。

　　41. One food -as-medicine program not only prescribes food for treatment but teaches patients how to cook it.

　　答案：F。题干与该段offer patients several bags of food prescribed for their condition， along with intensive training in how to cook it含义一致。

　　42. Scott is not keen on cooking food herself thinking it would simply be a waste of time.

　　答案：C。题干中Scott在该段原词复现；题干notkeen on 与该段her enthusiasm fading 含义一致；a waste of time与原文how long that might take， just to have her kids reject it含义一致。

　　43. Diabetes patients are advised to eat more plant-based food.

　　答案：J。题干Diabetes patients与该段peoplewithdiabetes对应；题干plant-based food在该段原词复现。

　　44. Using food as medicine is no novel idea but the movement is making headway these days.

　　答案：E。题干是对该段The food-as-medicine movement has been around for decades， but it’s making progress的同义替换。

　　45. Americans high rates of various illnesses result from the way they eat.

　　答案：G。题干result from是对该段contribute to的同义替换；题干various illnesses与该段obesity， diabetes and heart disease含义一致，形成上下义关系；题干high rates在该段原词复现。

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