讓他們吃面包果！

We should all switch from bread to 1）breadfruit. Stop eating anything made with wheat； bread plus the cake. Recent research shows very clearly that wheat is a very unhealthy food， and not only for those who suffer from the 2）celiac disease， but for the majority of people. But there is more. Switching from wheat to breadfruit and other 3）tropical crops will be a 4）boon to the poorer tropical countries in the Caribbean and Pacific. It’s one of the most horrible 5）ironies of the modern age that Samoa and Hawaii import wheat and other western foods to which their populations are completely 6）unadapted. As a result， they suffer from the highest rates of obesity and heart disease in the world. Instead， they should go back to their traditional diet based on breadfruit and root vegetables. They can also supply these health foods to the rest of us in the process of becoming not only healthier but also wealthier. And that’s my idea how to change the world.

我們應該全部從吃面包改為吃面包果。不再吃任何由小麥做成的食物——面包和蛋糕。最近的研究很清楚地表明，小麥是一種很不健康的食物，這不僅是對于那些有脂瀉病的人，而且對大多數人來說也是如此。我們還有其他的理由：用面包果和其他熱帶農作物替代小麥將會給加勒比海以及太平洋一帶的貧困熱帶國家帶來利益。薩摩亞（南太平洋中部一群島）和夏威夷進口小麥和其他西方的食物，而他們那里的人卻對這些食物完全不適應，這是現代最可怕的一個諷刺。結果便是，他們是世界上肥胖癥和心臟病發病率最高的地方。相反，他們應該回歸他們傳統的以面包果和根類蔬菜為基礎的飲食。他們也可以將這些健康的食物提供給其他地方的人，從而在這一過程中不僅變得更加健康，而且變得更加富有。這就是我改變世界的想法。

小鏈接

面包果（breadfruit）又稱面包樹，是典型的熱帶多年生常綠果樹，原產印度尼西亞、馬來西亞等國，現在斯里蘭卡、美國的夏威夷、墨西哥、巴西、扎伊爾等國都有栽培，我國海南的萬寧、保亭、儋州，臺灣的宜蘭、屏東、花蓮有零星種植。非洲面包樹（Treculia africana）原產于熱帶非洲，作為次要的糧食作物。果實可食用，風味類似面包，因此而得名。