Researchers at Loma Linda University in California found that people who drank at least five glasses of water each day were less likely to die from a heart attack than those who drank two or fewer glasses per day. In contrast(相反), people who drank a lot of other fluids(流体) were more likely to die from heart attack than those who drink less, with high levels of non-water drinking in women connected with a more than twice increased risk of death.

The results are based on lifestyle surveys(调查) sent out in 1976 to people living in California. This analysis(分析) is based on answers from 8 820 men and 12 017 women, who were all aged 38 years or older in 1976.

The authors, led by Dr. Jacqueline Chan, followed the participants(参与者) for 6 years and noticed their rates of coronary heart disease(冠心病). A total of 246 respondents(响应者) died from heart disease during the follow-up period.

Chan and her team found that women who drank more than five 8-ounce glasses of water each day were 41% less likely to die from heart attack during the study period than those who drank two or fewer glasses daily. In high water drinking men, that risk decreased by 54%.

But when they looked at drinking of other fluids, including coffee, tea, juice, milk and alcohol, the risk was reversed(相反的), with heavy drinking women showing a more than twice higher risk of dying of heart attack. Heavy non-water drinking in men was connected with a 46% increase in the risk of heart attack death.

1. About __________people in California took part in the survey started from the 1970s.

A. 12 017　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　    　　   B. 8 820

C. 246　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　 D. 20 000

2. The aim to carry out the survey is to find out__________.

A. the most delicious and healthful kind of fluid in America

B. the condition of different kinds of lifestyle and their effects

C. the relation between drinking water and the heart attack risk

D. the reason why people are often likely to have a heart attack

3. Researchers found that women who drank over five glasses of water each day__________.

A. were 41% less likely to die from heart attack than those who drank other fluids

B. would decrease 54% the risk of suffering from heart attack than those who drank less water

C. were less likely to die from a heart attack than those who drank two or fewer glasses per day

D. would reduce 46% the risk of heart attack than men who drank the same amount of water

4. The conclusion that the researchers drew from the survey is that__________.

A. the more water one drinks, the fewer diseases he’ll have

B. drinking more water daily can reduce the risk of heart attack

C. fresh water must be better to our health than any other food

D. fluids like coffee, tea, juice, milk and alcohol are all harmful

New York (Reuters Health) —Want to lower your risk of having heart attack? Drink more water, and less of everything else, new research reports.

Researchers at Loma Linda University in California found that people who drank at least five glasses of water each day were less likely to die from a heart attack than those who drank two or fewer glasses per day. In contrast(相反), people who drank a lot of other fluids(流体) were more likely to die from heart attack than those who drink less, with high levels of non-water drinking in women connected with a more than twice increased risk of death.

The results are based on lifestyle surveys(调查) sent out in 1976 to people living in California. This analysis(分析) is based on answers from 8 820 men and 12 017 women, who were all aged 38 years or older in 1976.

The authors, led by Dr. Jacqueline Chan, followed the participants(参与者) for 6 years and noticed their rates of coronary heart disease(冠心病). A total of 246 respondents(响应者) died from heart disease during the follow-up period.

Chan and her team found that women who drank more than five 8-ounce glasses of water each day were 41% less likely to die from heart attack during the study period than those who drank two or fewer glasses daily. In high water drinking men, that risk decreased by 54%.

But when they looked at drinking of other fluids, including coffee, tea, juice, milk and alcohol, the risk was reversed(相反的), with heavy drinking women showing a more than twice higher risk of dying of heart attack. Heavy non-water drinking in men was connected with a 46% increase in the risk of heart attack death.

1. About __________people in California took part in the survey started from the 1970s.

A. 12 017　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　    　　   B. 8 820

C. 246　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　 D. 20 000

2. The aim to carry out the survey is to find out__________.

A. the most delicious and healthful kind of fluid in America

B. the condition of different kinds of lifestyle and their effects

C. the relation between drinking water and the heart attack risk

D. the reason why people are often likely to have a heart attack

3. Researchers found that women who drank over five glasses of water each day__________.

A. were 41% less likely to die from heart attack than those who drank other fluids

B. would decrease 54% the risk of suffering from heart attack than those who drank less water

C. were less likely to die from a heart attack than those who drank two or fewer glasses per day

D. would reduce 46% the risk of heart attack than men who drank the same amount of water

4. The conclusion that the researchers drew from the survey is that__________.

A. the more water one drinks, the fewer diseases he’ll have

B. drinking more water daily can reduce the risk of heart attack

C. fresh water must be better to our health than any other food

D. fluids like coffee, tea, juice, milk and alcohol are all harmful