音乐有许多作用，它可以让人放松，甚至可以用来胎教等。
然而，音乐，包括背景音乐，对我们每个人的作用远不止这些，它还能影响我们的饮食，而且这些影响你可能都没有意识到。
南佛罗里达大学的比斯瓦斯博士认为轻柔的音乐鼓励健康饮食。
根据比斯瓦斯博士的研究，如果音乐的音量低于55分贝，人们在选择食品时会更加谨慎，容易挑选那些更健康的食品。
相反，如果音乐的音量高于70分贝，人们更可能选择甜食以及油腻的食物。
比斯瓦斯说，音乐的音量过高会让人感到紧张和不安，人们更容易选择多糖、多盐、多脂肪的食品。
牛津大学的查尔斯·斯班瑟教授发现，音乐实际上可以改变我们对酒和食物的味觉。
他说，如果选对了音乐，就可以提升酒的味道。
例如，高音会突出甜的味道，而低音则可以突出苦的味道。
一些饭馆的老板开始利用音乐的这种功能来调节人们的味觉。
他们努力探索如何在减少蛋糕和甜品中含糖量的同时，还不影响顾客的口味。
如果某些音乐可以提升"甜味"，那不是一举两得吗？
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| Chinese | Pinyin | English |
|---|---|---|
| 音乐 | yīn yuè | music |
| 有 | yǒu | to have; there is |
| 许多 | xǔ duō | many / a lot of / much |
| 作用 | zuò yòng | action; function; activity / impact; result; effect |
| 它 | tā | it |
| 可以 | kě yǐ | can / may / possible / able to |
| 让 | ràng | to permit / to let sb do sth / to have sb do sth / to make sb (feel sad etc) |
| 人 | rén | person; people |
| 放松 | fàng sōng | to relax; to slacken; to loosen |
| 甚至 | shèn zhì | even; so much so that |
| 用 | yòng | to use; to make use of; to employ / (coverb) with; using |
| 来 | lái | (between two verbs) in order to |
| 胎教 | tāi jiào | prenatal education / antenatal training / prenatal influences |
| 等 | děng | and so on; etc.; et al. / (used to end an enumeration) |
| 然而 | rán ér | however; but; yet |
| 包括 | bāo kuò | to comprise / to include / to involve / to incorporate / to consist of |
| 背景 | bèi jǐng | background; backdrop; context / (fig.) powerful backer |
| 对 | duì | towards; at; for / concerning; regarding |
| 我们 | wǒ men | we; us; ourselves; our |
| 每 | měi | each / every |
| 个 | gè | classifier for people or objects in general |
| 的 | de | possessive particle (of; 's) / modifying particle (used after an attribute to modify a noun or to form a nominal expression) |
| 远 | yuǎn | (intensifier in a comparison) by far / much (lower etc) |
| 不止 | bù zhǐ | incessantly / without end / more than / not limited to |
| 这些 | zhè xiē | these |
| 还 | hái | in addition, also, else, even |
| 能 | néng | can / to be able to / might possibly |
| 影响 | yǐng xiǎng | to influence / to affect / to disturb |
| 饮食 | yǐn shí | eating and drinking / food and drink; diet |
| 而且 | ér qiě | (not only ...) but also / moreover / in addition / furthermore |
| 你 | nǐ | you |
| 可能 | kě néng | might (happen) / maybe / perhaps |
| 都 | dōu | (not) at all |
| 没有 | méi yǒu | haven't / hasn't |
| 意识 | yì shí | (usu. followed by 到) to be aware of; to realize |
| 到 | dào | to reach; to arrive / to (a place); until (a time); up to (a point) / (verb complement indicating arriving at a place or reaching a point) |
| 南佛罗里达大学 | Nán Fó luó lǐ dá Dà xué | University of South Florida. |
| 比斯瓦斯 | Bǐ sī wǎ sī | Biswas (a surname or transliterated name) |
| 博士 | bó shì | doctor (as an academic degree) |
| 认为 | rèn wéi | to believe; to think; to consider; to feel |
| 轻柔 | qīng róu | soft; gentle; pliable |
| 鼓励 | gǔ lì | to encourage |
| 健康 | jiàn kāng | healthy |
| 根据 | gēn jù | according to / based on |
| 研究 | yán jiū | research / a study |
| 如果 | rú guǒ | if; in case; in the event that |
| 音量 | yīn liàng | loudness / volume |
| 低于 | dī yú | to be lower than |
| 分贝 | fēn bèi | decibel |
| 人们 | rén men | people |
| 在 | zài | (used before a verb to indicate an action in progress) |
| 选择 | xuǎn zé | to select; to pick |
| 食品 | shí pǐn | foodstuff; food; provisions |
| 时 | shí | when |
| 会 | huì | to be likely to; to be sure to |
| 更加 | gèng jiā | more (than sth else) / even more |
| 谨慎 | jǐn shèn | cautious / prudent |
| 容易 | róng yì | easy; straightforward |
| 挑选 | tiāo xuǎn | to choose / to select |
| 那些 | nà xiē | those |
| 更 | gèng | more / even more / further / still / still more |
| 相反 | xiāng fǎn | opposite / contrary |
| 高于 | gāo yú | greater than |
| 甜食 | tián shí | dessert / sweet |
| 以及 | yǐ jí | and; as well as |
| 油腻 | yóu nì | (of food) greasy; oily; fatty / (neologism, attested by 2017) (of a middle-aged man) obnoxious; pretentious; vulgar |
| 食物 | shí wù | food |
| 说 | shuō | to speak; to talk; to say |
| 过 | guò | excessively / too- |
| 高 | gāo | high / tall / above average / loud |
| 感到 | gǎn dào | to feel; to sense; to perceive |
| 紧张 | jǐn zhāng | nervous / keyed up / intense / tense / strained |
| 和 | hé | and; together with |
| 不安 | bù ān | unpeaceful / unstable / uneasy / disturbed / restless / worried |
| 多 | duō | many; much; more; a lot of |
| 糖 | táng | sugar |
| 盐 | yán | salt |
| 脂肪 | zhī fáng | fat (in the body, in a plant, or in food) |
| 牛津大学 | Niú jīn Dà xué | University of Oxford |
| 查尔斯·斯班瑟 | Chá ěr sī Sī bān sè | Charles Spencer; a personal name. |
| 教授 | jiào shòu | professor |
| 发现 | fā xiàn | to notice; to become aware of / to discover; to find; to detect |
| 实际上 | shí jì shàng | in fact / in reality / as a matter of fact / in practice |
| 改变 | gǎi biàn | to change / to alter / to transform |
| 酒 | jiǔ | wine (esp. rice wine) / liquor / spirits / alcoholic beverage |
| 味觉 | wèi jué | sense of taste / gustation |
| 他 | tā | he; him; his |
| 选 | xuǎn | to choose / to pick / to select / to elect |
| 了 | le | (completed action marker) / (modal particle indicating change of state, situation now) |
| 就 | jiù | in that case; then |
| 提升 | tí shēng | (fig.) to elevate; to raise; to improve |
| 味道 | wèi dào | flavor; taste |
| 例如 | lì rú | for example; for instance; such as |
| 高音 | gāo yīn | high pitch / soprano / treble |
| 突出 | tū chū | to give prominence to / to protrude / to project |
| 甜 | tián | sweet |
| 而 | ér | but (not) / yet (not) / (indicates contrast) |
| 低音 | dī yīn | bass |
| 则 | zé | (literary) (conjunction used to express contrast with a previous clause) but; then |
| 苦 | kǔ | bitter |
| 一些 | yī xiē | some; a few; a little; (following an adjective) slightly ...er |
| 饭馆 | fàn guǎn | restaurant |
| 老板 | lǎo bǎn | boss / business proprietor |
| 开始 | kāi shǐ | to begin / to start |
| 利用 | lì yòng | to exploit / to make use of / to use / to take advantage of / to utilize |
| 这 | zhè | this; these |
| 种 | zhǒng | classifier for types, kinds, sorts |
| 功能 | gōng néng | function; capability |
| 调节 | tiáo jié | to adjust / to regulate / to harmonize / to reconcile (accountancy etc) |
| 他们 | tā men | they; them |
| 努力 | nǔ lì | to make an effort; to try hard; to strive |
| 探索 | tàn suǒ | to explore; to probe |
| 如何 | rú hé | how / what way / what |
| 减少 | jiǎn shǎo | to lessen; to decrease; to reduce; to lower |
| 蛋糕 | dàn gāo | cake |
| 甜品 | tián pǐn | dessert |
| 中 | zhōng | within; among; in |
| 含糖量 | hán táng liàng | sugar content; the amount of sugar contained in food or drink |
| 同时 | tóng shí | at the same time; simultaneously |
| 不 | bù | no; not so |
| 顾客 | gù kè | customer; client |
| 口味 | kǒu wèi | a person's preferences / tastes (in food) / flavor |
| 某些 | mǒu xiē | some; certain (things) |
| 甜味 | tián wèi | sweetness |
| 那 | nà | (specifier) that; the; those / (pronoun) that (referring to persons, things or situations) |
| 不是 | bù shì | is not |
| 一举两得 | yī jǔ liǎng dé | lit. one action, two gains (idiom) / fig. two birds with one stone |
| 吗 | ma | (question particle for "yes-no" questions) |