EU’s response to overuse of health products
欧盟对过度使用保健品的反应
The use of health supplements such as multivitamin tablets has increased greatly in the western world. People take these supplements because advertising suggests that they prevent a range of medical conditions from developing. However, there is concern that people are consuming worryingly high doses of these supplements and the European Union (EU) has issued a directive that will ban the sale of a wide range of them. This EU directive should be supported.
在西方世界，多种维生素片等健康补充剂的使用量大大增加。人们服用这些补充剂是因为广告表明它们可以防止一系列疾病的发展。然而，人们担心人们正在摄入令人担忧的高剂量的这些补充剂，欧盟已经发布了一项指令，将禁止大量此类补充剂的销售。应支持该欧盟指令。
Different findings as to taking additional vitamin
关于补充维生素的不同发现
Research suggests that people who take Vitamin C supplements of over 5000 milligrams a day are more likely to develop cancer. This shows how much damage these health supplements do to people’s health. A spokesman for the health supplement industry has argued that other research shows that Vitamin C supplements help prevent heart disease, but we can dismiss this evidence as it is from a biased source.
研究表明，每天摄入5000毫克以上维生素C补充剂的人更有可能患上癌症。这表明这些保健品对人们的健康有多大的损害。健康补充剂行业的一位发言人认为，其他研究表明维生素C补充剂有助于预防心脏病，但我们可以驳回这一证据，因为它来自偏颇的来源。
EU directive against prediction in novels
欧盟的指令避免了小说中预言的场景
Science fiction of the 1960s and 1970s predicted that pills would replace meals as the way in which people would get the fuel they needed. This, it was argued, would means a more efficient use of time as people wouldn’t have to waste it preparing or eating meals. The EU directive would help prevent this nightmare of pills replacing food becoming a reality.
20世纪六七十年代的科幻小说预言，药片将取代三餐，成为人们获取所需能量的方式。有人认为，这将意味着更有效地利用时间，因为人们不必把时间浪费在准备和吃饭上。欧盟指令将有助于防止这种以药片代替食物的噩梦成为现实。
Healthy way of life giving way to overuse of medicine
健康的生活方式让位于过度用药
People already take too many pills instead of adopting a healthier lifestyle. For example, the consumption of painkillers in Britain in 1998 was 21 tablets per year for every men, woman and child in the country. People do not need all these pills.
人们已经服用了太多的药，而不是采取更健康的生活方式。例如，1998年，英国每名男性、女性和儿童每年服用21片止痛药。人们不需要所有这些药。
EU directive for the benefit of individuals
欧盟对于个人利益的指令
Some might argue that the EU directive denies people’s right to freedom of choice. However, there are many legal examples for such intervention when it is in the individual’s best interests. We now make people wear seatbelts rather than allowing them to choose to do so. Opposing the EU directive would mean beneficial measures like this would be threatened.
有些人可能会认为，欧盟指令剥夺了人们的选择自由权。然而，当这种干预符合个人的最大利益时，有许多法律例子可以说明。我们现在让人们系安全带，而不是让他们选择这样做。反对欧盟指令意味着这样的有益措施将受到威胁。
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