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It’s well known that caffeine has dozens of health benefits. Coffee, for example, is rich in antioxidants: molecules1 believed to protect against heart disease, cancer, and other diseases. Caffeine is also a mood booster and useful for treating headaches. Now there’s evidence that caffeine could be good for memory. Scientists at the University of South Florida found that caffeine reverses memory loss in mice bred to develop Alzheimer’s like memory problems. Of the fifty-five mice in the study, half drank caffeinated water the equivalent of about five cups of coffee a day. The other half drank regular water. Two months later, the caffeine swilling2 mice had the memories of much younger, dementia free mice. Apparently3, caffeine helped reduce the production of Alzheimer’s causing proteins in the mice’s brains. And the mice that drank regular water? They lost more and more of their memory and thinking skills.


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1 molecules 187c25e49d45ad10b2f266c1fa7a8d49     
分子( molecule的名词复数 )
参考例句：
  • The structure of molecules can be seen under an electron microscope. 分子的结构可在电子显微镜下观察到。
  • Inside the reactor the large molecules are cracked into smaller molecules. 在反应堆里，大分子裂变为小分子。
2 swilling 26d83cf267cc99e852244fca9c82f65b     
v.冲洗( swill的现在分词 )；猛喝；大口喝；（使）液体流动
参考例句：
  • They sat there swilling champagne. 他们坐在那里大喝香槟酒。 来自《简明英汉词典》
  • They were swilling down gin. 他们正在大喝杜松子酒。 来自《现代英汉综合大词典》
3 apparently tMmyQ     
adv.显然地；表面上，似乎
参考例句：
  • An apparently blind alley leads suddenly into an open space.山穷水尽，豁然开朗。
  • He was apparently much surprised at the news.他对那个消息显然感到十分惊异。

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