雙語閱讀:黃瓜汁可以治癒肌肉抽筋?

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.

如果你不幸是經常抽筋的運動者之一你可能想嘗試什麼來解決這個問題。什麼東西嗎?你確定嗎?一些泡菜汁怎麼樣?是的,泡菜汁一直被視爲修復肌肉抽筋的一些選手和教練,一項最新的研究借更多信譽這個家庭治療。

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.

研究人員對10個運動的輕微脫水的男大學生進行實驗，通過電擊導致其抽筋，他們的平均持續時間是153秒。然後對他們進行反覆的實驗，那些喝黃瓜汁的到85 秒抽筋就消失了，而那些喝水的抽筋一直持續到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.

那些黃瓜的擁護者認爲汁中的電解質可以幫助擺脫肌肉抽筋,但在這項研究發現,血液和尿液測試沒有改變學生的鈉、鉀、鎂或其他的水平。果汁中的一些東西（專家懷疑醋汁）必然引起神經反應，然後大腦中便做出停止抽筋的表現。

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?

抽筋對我來說從不是什麼問題，但是——即使他們——我認爲我不會把黃瓜汁放進我的燃料當中。我認爲我寧願只應付抽筋。你呢？有沒有試過用黃瓜汁治療抽筋？你的經驗是什麼？你起誓就沒有別的家庭藥劑治療肌肉抽筋或其它運行的疾病嗎？