A handful of recent studies have shown a link between bone health and a low-acid diet, while some reports suggest that the acidity of the Western diet increases the risk of diabetes and heart disease.

最近的一系列研究证明了骨骼健康和弱酸性饮食之间的关联，另外也有报告表明，西方国家的偏酸性饮食增加了糖尿病和心脏病的患病风险。

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A later study showed that when Japanese emigrated to the U.S. and adopted a Western diet, their incidence of heart disease soared to ten times that of their countrymen in Japan.

一个稍后的研究表明，当日本人移民美国，并长期采用西方的饮食习惯，他们发生心脏病的可能性十倍于他们远在日本的老乡们。

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The focus in Western pharmacology is finding the single molecule that cures a disease.

西方药理学的研究重点是找出能够治疗疾病的单一化合物。

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Osteoporosis used to be considered a Western disease, affecting mostly Caucasian women.

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Heart disease is a major blight in Western countries.

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Yet there is debate over whether it's a disease in its own right or a fancy label for symptoms common to a Western lifestyle.

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