鎮定劑sedative/tranquillizer
藥力開始發作。
The medicine began to take effect.
藥丸pill/tablet
藥水potion
藥汁/煲藥的藥/煎藥的藥decoction
藥用農作物pharmaceutical crops
藥性potency
藥房dispensary/pharmacy/drugstore
藥粉powder
藥膏ointment/cream
藥廠pharmaceutical firms
藥廠Glaxo Wellcome聲稱這藥物在九百名病人的臨床試驗中顯示，藥物的成功率達百分之三十。
Manufacturer Glaxo Wellcome claimed the drug had a 30 per cent success rate in a clinical trial involving 900 smokers in the United States.
藥劑事務委員會Pharmacy and Poisons Board
藥劑師chemist/pharmacist
藥劑師、藥材商店/藥材鋪apothecary
類固醇steroid
護膚液lotion
人參（提神、補身）
ginseng
大蒜（殺菌）
garlic
毛地黃（提取毛地黃素）
foxglove
毛地黃素（治哮喘）
digitalis
水楊素（止痛）
salicin
北美升麻（防經前不適）
black cohosh
卡法椒（鎮定）
kava
白毛茛（提高免疫力）
goldenseal
白果葉（抗凝血、治老人癡呆）
ginkgo leaf
松果菊（防感冒、提高免疫力）
echinacea
金絲桃（抗憂郁）
St. John's wort
金雞納（抗瘧疾）
quinine
長春花（提取長春新堿）
vinblastine
長春新堿（抗癌）
vincristine
青蒿素（抗瘧疾）
artemisinine
盾葉鬼臼樹脂（抗癌）
podophyllin
蛇根木素（治神經病）
reserpine
麻黃（提取麻黃素）
ephedra
麻黃素（治哮喘）
ephedrine
紫杉（提取紫杉素）
yew
紫杉素／泰克梭（抗癌）
taxol
紫花苜蓿alfalfa
云芝（治化療副作用）
coriolaus
當歸（防經前不適）
dong quai
銀杏（增強記憶）
ginkgo biloba
熏衣草lavender
蘆薈（治便秘）
aloe
櫻草油（防癌癥復發）
primrose oil
纈草（安眠）
valerian
靈芝（治化療副作用）
ganoderma
肌醇／環己六醇Inositol
氟Fluorine
班多生酸／維他命B5泛酸Vitamin B5/Pantothenic Acid
硫Sulfur
釩Vanadium
硒Selenium
氯Chlorine
煙草酸／維他命B3
Vitamin B3/Niacin/Nicotinic Acid
鈣Calcium
鈉Sodium
碘Iodine
葉酸Folic Acid
鈷Cobalt
鉀Potassium
鉬Molybdenum
對氨基苯（甲）酸Para-aminobenzoic Acid
維他命A Vitamin A
維他命B1
Vitamin B1/Thiamine
維他命B12
Vitamin B12/Cobalamin
維他命B15
Vitamin B15/Pangamic Acid
維他命B17
Vitamin B17/Laetrile
維他命B2
Vitamin B2/Riboflavin
維他命B6
Vitamin B6/Pyridoxine
維他命C Vitamin C/Ascorbic Acid
維他命D Vitamin D/Calciferol/Ergosterol
維他命E Vitamin E/Tocopherol
維他命F／不飽和脂肪酸Vitamin F/Linoleic Acid/Arachidonic Acid
維他命H Vitamin H/Biotin/Coenzyme R
維他命K Vitamin K/Menadione
維他命P Vitamin P/C Complex/Rutin/Hesperidin
維他命T Vitamin T
維他命U Vitamin U
銅Copper
鉻Chromium
鋅Zinc
錳Manganese
磷Phosphorus
膽汁素Choline
鎂Magnesium
鐵Iron
（人）食極都唔肥/吃再多也不會胖are wafer-thin no matter what we eat
二糖disaccharide
人奶、母乳human milk
口服補充劑orally-consumed supplements
大蒜具抗氧化作用，有助對抗有害的游離基。
Garlic's anti-oxidising function helps protect against harmful free radicals.
不良飲食和生活習慣unhealthy eating and lifestyle habits
不良飲食習慣poor eating habits/bad eating habits
不健康的食品unhealthy food
反式脂肪酸減少48% reducing trans-fatty acids 48%
天然甜劑natural sweetener
引起注重健重健康的人士的注意caught the attention of the health-conscious
世貿建議每人每天不要攝取超過5克的鹽。
The World Health Organisation advises people to consume no more than 5g of salt.
半乳糖galactose
卡路里calorie
可以降低血管擴張術之后冠狀動脈再度阻塞的機率decreases the reblockage of coronary arteries after angioplasty
玉米黃素zeaxanthin
吃了足夠的蔬果eat enough fruit and vegetables
吃得太少，身體就會減慢新陳代謝。
Eat too little， and your body ratchets down its metabolism.
多糖polysaccharide
有助預防慢性疾病help in the prevention of chronic diseases
有益健康carry health benefits/health-favourable
有損健康undermining your health
有機食物/有機食品organic food
百分之十三點二的小學生和百分之十一的中學生過胖/癡肥。
The rate of obesity was 13.2 per cent in primary schools and 11 per cent in secondary school.
均衡飲食eat a balanced diet
每天飲水不足八杯drank fewer than eight glasses of water a day
每天應進食400克以上的蔬果should eat at least 400 grams of fruit and vegetables a day
肝糖glycogen
防止鈣質流失prevent calcium from leaching out
乳糖lactose
延年益壽/延長壽命prolongs life
延遲饑餓感delay hunger pangs
服用過量的補充劑overdid the supplements
服用維他命E補充劑taking vitamin E supplements
果糖fructose
注重健康health-conscious
油酸oleic acid
保持心血管健康maintain good cardiovascular health
保障消費者權益protect consumers' interests
美國飲食協會American Dietetic Association
茄紅素lycopene
食油cooking oil
食品金字塔food pyramid
根據英國食品標準局的指引，（它們）含很多鹽had a high sodium content according to Britain's Food Standards Agency
氨基酸amino acid
脂肪酸fatty acids
能預防各種癌癥help protect against various forms of cancer
高度加工食品highly processed foods
高纖維谷物high-fiber cereal
健康飲食趨勢the healthy-eating trends
強化食品fortified food
添加營養食品health food enriched with additional vitamins and minerals
異黃酮素isoflavone
粗糙物dietary fibres
蛋黃egg yolk
被當作健康食品銷售，聲稱可以促進心智健康markets as health products to improve mental health
部分氫化的食油partially hydrogenated oils
麥芽糖maltose
單不飽和脂肪酸mono-unsaturated fatty acids
單糖monosaccharide
植物化學因子phytofactors
植物化學物phytochemicals
植物制品botanical
游離基/自由基free radicals
減少喝汽水cut down on our soft drinks intake
測量酸堿度measures acidity and alkalinity
飲食習慣eating habits
微量元素trace minerals
椰子油coconut oil
葉黃素lutein
葡萄糖glucose
過胖/癡肥obese （a）/obesity （u）； Obesity can increase the risk of heart disease.
過重容易引致糖尿病、心臟病和高血壓等疾病。
Overweight people would be at risk from diseases such as diabetes， heart problems and high blood pressure.
過健康的生活lead a healthy life
飽和脂肪saturated fat
碳水化合物carbohydrate
綠葉蔬菜leafy green vegetables
維他命E具抗氧化作用，有助保護人體細胞免受游離基侵害。
Vitamin E is an antioxidant that helps protect body cells from attacks by free radicals.
酸堿值pH level
銀杏酸ginkgolic acid