Everybody knows that eating carrots is good for our eyesight. A new studysuggests that grapes are also good for our eyes. Researchers from the NationalUniversity of Singapore have found that eating just a few grapes a day can help oureyesight. This is good for people who are older.

Dr. Eun Kim， the lead2 researcher， said， “Our study is the first to show thatgrape consumption3 is good for eye health of humans， which is very exciting，especially4 with more people who are getting old.”

She said that grapes are easy to buy and studies have shown they can do muchgood to our eyesight. This is good news for people who don’t really like carrots.

Thirty-four people took part in a number of tests over 16 weeks in the study.Half of them ate one-and-a-half cups of grapes every day; the other half ate asnack5. Dr. Kim did not tell anyone whether she was testing the grapes or thesnack. She thought that it would give better test results.

She found that people who ate the grapes had improved muscle strength6around the retina7. The retina passes information about light to the brain byelectrical signals8. It protects9 the eyes from bluelight which is bad for our eyes. A lot of blue lightcomes from computer and smartphone screens10， andfrom LED lights.

每個(gè)人都知道吃胡蘿卜對(duì)我們的視力有好處。一項(xiàng)新的研究表明，葡萄對(duì)我們的眼睛也有好處。新加坡國(guó)立大學(xué)的研究人員發(fā)現(xiàn)，每天只吃幾顆葡萄就可以幫助改善我們的視力。這對(duì)老年人也有好處。

首席研究員金恩博士說(shuō)：“我們的研究首次表明食用葡萄有利于人類的眼睛健康，這令人非常興奮，尤其是對(duì)越來(lái)越多的老年人來(lái)說(shuō)。”

她說(shuō)葡萄很容易買到，并且研究表明它們對(duì)我們的視力有很大好處。這對(duì)那些不喜歡吃胡蘿卜的人來(lái)說(shuō)是個(gè)好消息。

該研究有34 人參加了為期16 周的多項(xiàng)測(cè)試。其中一半的人每天吃一杯半的葡萄；另一半吃零食。金博士沒(méi)有告訴任何人她是在測(cè)試葡萄還是零食。她認(rèn)為這會(huì)得出更好的測(cè)試結(jié)果。

她發(fā)現(xiàn)吃葡萄的人視網(wǎng)膜周圍的肌肉力量得到了改善。視網(wǎng)膜通過(guò)電信號(hào)將光的信息傳遞給大腦。它保護(hù)眼睛免受藍(lán)光的傷害。許多藍(lán)光來(lái)自電腦和智能手機(jī)屏幕，以及LED 燈。

▏Notes

1. eyesight 視力

2. lead 領(lǐng)先地位

3. consumption 消費(fèi)；食用

4. especially 尤其，特別；專門

5. snack 零食，點(diǎn)心，小吃

6. muscle strength 肌肉力量

7. retina 視網(wǎng)膜

8. electrical signal 電信號(hào)

9. protect 保護(hù)，防護(hù)

10. screen 屏幕，熒光屏