It's very relaxing, it achieves the same function as focusing on your breath, give you something not to get lost, but feel sort of centered in.

它令人十分放松，它能和集中注意力呼吸,起到同样的作用，并不是让你迷失，而是感觉到集中起来。

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So diabetics have lost that normal function.

糖尿病患者的胰腺丧失了正常的功能

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