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What about some of this tofu salad?
来点豆腐沙拉怎么样呢？
Why are you pushing soy food on me?
你为什么要让我吃大豆食品呢？
Because it turns out thatthere is yet another benefit to consuming soy, and this benefit is for men specifically.
因为事实证明，食用大豆还有另外一个好处，特别对于男性来说。
When digested, soycreates a molecule called equol, which blocks the male hormone dihydrotestosterone, otherwise known as DHT.
当被消化后，大豆会产生一种叫做雌马酚的分子。这种分子能够阻碍雄性激素二氢睾酮，或者称为双氢睾丸酮。
Testosterone does serve important functions, but DHT is not so desirable, considering itsinvolvement in prostate cancer.
睾酮发挥着重要的作用，但是双氢睾丸酮却不令人满意，因为它与前列腺癌有着紧密的联系。
The pharmaceutical industry has focused a lot ofenergy into developing drugs to do what soy does naturally.
医药工业投入了大量的精力来研发与有着大豆自然功能的药物。
Except the problem is that the drugs createdto fight prostate cancer don't just affect DHT, but they affect testosterone too.
但问题是治疗前列腺癌的药物不仅影响双氢睾丸酮，也同样会影响睾酮。
These drugs inhibit testosterone from converting into DHT.
这些药物能够抑制睾酮转变为二氢睾酮。
In doing so, they not only reduce theharmful effects of male hormones, but they reduce the beneficial effects of these hormones too.
胆这样做的同时，它们不仅减少了雄性激素的有害影响，也降低了这些激素的有利影响。
Common side effects of these drugs include reduced libido, impotence, decrease in musclestrength, and an increased risk of osteoporosis.
这些药物常见的副作用包括性欲减退，阳萎，肌肉强度下降，以及骨质疏松症的风险增加。
What's so promising about soy is that itdoesn't prevent the conversion of testosterone into DHT, but instead blocks DHT from functioning onceit's made.
给人以希望的是尽管大豆不能阻止睾酮转变为二氢睾酮，可是一旦其形成，大豆就可以阻止它发挥作用。
The result is that soy prevents DHT from doing its damage without blocking the beneficial effects of malehormones.
其结果是大豆在不阻碍雄性激素有利影响的情况下也能阻止双氢睾丸酮的破坏。
Scientists think that because of its effects on DHT, soy may prove beneficial in treating otherconditions associated with DHT, such as male pattern baldness.
科学家认为，鉴于对二氢睾酮的影响，大豆可能在治疗其它与二氢睾酮有关的疾病上也能发挥有益作用，例如男性秃顶。
