减肥别信专家，饮食健康轻松减200磅【英语学习】

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What we can learn from Jelly Roll about losing weight — and happiness

我们能从 Jelly Roll 身上学到什么关于减肥和幸福的道理呢？

By Pearl Barrett

作者：珀尔·巴雷特

Published April 27, 2026 ET

Entertainer Jelly Roll recently posted a heartbreaking video revealing that he had fallen off the wagon — literally — and regained some of the weight he had lost.

艺人 Jelly Roll 最近发布了一段令人心碎的视频 ，透露他再次破戒——字面意义上的破戒——并且重新恢复了一些他减掉的体重。

The singer and songwriter, born Jason Bradley DeFord, once weighed over 500 pounds. After shedding more than 200 pounds — a transformation that put him on the cover of Men’s Health — the country star admitted he’d “lost his way,” gained weight back over the holidays, and broken his collarbone.

这位歌手兼词曲作者原名杰森·布拉德利·德福德， 体重一度超过 500 磅。 在减掉 200 多磅后——这一转变让他登上了《男士健康》杂志的封面——这位乡村音乐明星承认自己“迷失了方向”，在假期期间体重反弹，还摔断了锁骨。

He could not exercise, he said, and he has been avoiding the scale ever since.

他说自己无法运动，而且从那以后就一直避免称体重 。

Jelly Roll’s honesty is a gift. It names something millions of Americans feel but can’t articulate: the modern approach to losing weight isn’t working, even for the people who are “winning” at it.

Jelly Roll 的坦诚是一种馈赠 。它道出了数百万美国人内心深处的感受，却又难以言表：现代减肥方法并不奏效，即使对于那些减肥“成功”的人来说也是如此。

So what’s the solution? Real, whole food. Meats and fish, fruits and vegetables, whole grains, nuts, eggs, butter — minimally processed, low or no added sugar, and as close to how it appears in nature as possible.

那么解决方案是什么？真正的、完整的食物。肉类和鱼类、水果和蔬菜、全谷物、坚果、鸡蛋、黄油——加工最少、添加糖少或不添加糖，并且尽可能接近其在自然界中的样子。

Not a diet. Abundance. 这不是节食，而是丰盛。

The singer and songwriter was born Jason Bradley DeFord.这位歌手兼词曲作者原名是杰森·布拉德利·德福德。

Consider the last 50 years of dietary advice. We were told fat was the enemy, so we filled our pantries with fat-free cookies, skim milk and margarine.

回顾过去50年的饮食建议。我们被告知脂肪是敌人，所以我们的食品柜里堆满了无脂饼干、脱脂牛奶和人造黄油。

Then carbs were the real villain, so we threw out the bread and ate bacon wrapped in cheese. Then grains. Then dairy. Lately, even plants thanks to lectins.

后来，碳水化合物成了真正的罪魁祸首，所以我们扔掉了面包，改吃奶酪培根。然后是谷物。再后来是乳制品。最近，多亏了凝集素，连植物性食物也成了禁忌。

We were told to “Eat like a caveman.”

我们被告知要“像穴居人一样吃饭”。

No, wait, “Eat like a lion.”

不，等等，“像狮子一样吃”。

Then, “Eat nothing at all until noon,” or, better yet, “Wait all the way until dinner time.”

然后，“中午之前什么都别吃”，或者更好的是，“ 一直等到晚餐时间”。

Every few years, a new wave of science overturns the last, and millions of hopeful Americans rearrange their kitchens again, with only short-term success.

每隔几年，新的科学浪潮就会推翻上一波，数百万满怀希望的美国人再次重新布置他们的厨房，但只能取得短暂的成功。

Obesity rates are higher than ever. Metabolic disease is climbing. Children are being diagnosed with conditions that used to be reserved for the middle-aged.

肥胖率居高不下，代谢性疾病发病率不断攀升。过去只有中年人才会患上的疾病，现在也开始出现在儿童身上。

No civilization in history has had more diet influencers, research, or calorie-tracking apps — and we’re no healthier.

历史上没有任何一个文明比现在拥有更多饮食影响者、研究或卡路里追踪应用程序——但我们的健康状况并没有改善。

Our approach is fundamentally broken, and I believe the fracture happened when we stopped celebrating basic whole foods and started fearing them.

我们的方法从根本上就是错误的，我认为这种分裂发生在我们不再推崇基本的天然食物，反而开始害怕它们的时候。

Jelly Roll and Bunnie Xo at the 58th Academy of Country Music Awards in 2023.Jelly Roll 和 Bunnie Xo 出席 2023 年第 58 届乡村音乐学院奖颁奖典礼。

We made eating either mindless (cue the Standard America Diet, or SAD) or a complex math problem where one wrong bite derails everything.

我们把吃饭变成了要么漫无目的（比如美国标准饮食，或称 SAD），要么变成了一个复杂的数学问题，一口吃错就会前功尽弃。

Jelly Roll said it himself: “I’ve never had a healthy relationship with food.”

Jelly Roll 自己也说过 ：“我从来没有和食物建立过健康的关系。”

He’s not alone. That confession haunts a culture that turned every meal into a moral test and every body into a problem to solve.

他并非孤例。这种坦白一直萦绕在一种将每一餐都变成道德考验、将每个人都变成需要解决的问题的文化之中。

The result isn’t a nation of healthy, empowered people — it’s a nation of exhausted dieters who’ve yo-yo’d so hard and often, they’re done. White-knuckling another 30 day restriction is just too much.

结果并非造就了一个健康、充满活力的国民国家，而是一个节食过度、疲惫不堪的国家。他们反复节食，筋疲力竭，最终精疲力竭。再硬撑30天的节食对他们来说实在太难了。

GLP-1 medications can be a tool in the tool belt when paired with a whole food diet and strength training. But they’re not where someone starts. They’re simply a tool for those who feel truly broken.​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​

GLP-1 药物可以作为辅助工具，配合全食物饮食和力量训练使用。但它们并非治疗的起点。它们只是为那些感觉身心俱疲的人提供的辅助工具。

My sister Serene and I have spent 15 years working with families stuck on the American dieting hamster wheel, and the most transformative thing we’ve learned is that inclusion wins.

我和我的妹妹塞琳娜花了 15 年的时间帮助那些陷入美国节食怪圈的家庭，我们学到的最具变革意义的事情是： 包容才能带来胜利。

Not indulgence without thought — inclusion.

不是不加思考的放纵——而是包容。

Jelly Roll put it plainly at last year’s ACM Awards: “If you’re really battling obesity, you got to start at the dinner table.” He’s right.

Jelly Roll 在去年的 ACM 颁奖典礼上直言不讳地说 ：“如果你真的想对抗肥胖，就必须从餐桌上开始。” 他说得对。

When we stop demonizing God-made food groups and build meals around natural proteins, healthy fats, abundant vegetables and smart carbohydrates, something remarkable happens. People stop feeling deprived. Inflammation cools, blood sugar balances, excess weight sheds — not because they’re eating less, but because they’re finally eating well.

当我们不再妖魔化上帝创造的食物种类，而是以天然蛋白质、健康脂肪、丰富的蔬菜和优质碳水化合物为基础来搭配膳食时，奇妙的事情就会发生。人们不再感到匮乏。炎症消退，血糖恢复平衡，体重减轻——不是因为他们吃得少了，而是因为他们终于吃得健康了 。

We’ve seen it thousands of times. The mother who tried every diet finds something she can sustain for years, not for 30 days. The father who thought healthy eating meant rabbit-style salads discovers meals can satisfy and nourish. The teenage girl afraid of food learns eating isn’t the enemy.

我们已经见过成千上万次这样的例子。尝试过各种减肥方法的母亲最终找到了一种可以长期坚持的饮食方式，而不是仅仅30天。曾经认为健康饮食就是吃些清淡沙拉的父亲，最终发现正餐既能满足口腹之欲，又能提供营养。害怕食物的少女最终明白，吃饭并非敌人。

And the 41-year-old country star who once weighed 540 pounds learns that the goal was never a Men’s Health cover — it was a life he could keep.

这位41岁的乡村音乐明星曾经体重达到540磅，他意识到自己的目标从来都不是登上《男士健康》杂志的封面，而是能够保住自己的生活。

We don’t need to be skinny. We need to be strong. Strong bodies, built on real food. Strong families at tables that aren’t haunted by guilt. Strong minds not held captive by the next dietary panic.

我们不需要瘦，我​​们需要强壮。强壮的体魄，靠真正的食物滋养。强大的家庭，围坐在餐桌旁，没有愧疚的折磨。强大的心灵，不会被下一次的节食恐慌所束缚。

We need more of what’s good; not less of everything.

我们需要更多美好的事物，而不是减少一切。

Jelly Roll is training for the New York City Marathon. Jelly Roll 正在为纽约马拉松进行训练。

Jelly Roll is training for the New York City Marathon. A man once 540 pounds preparing to run 26.2 miles. That’s not a “skinny” story. That’s a strength story, and it’s the kind of story every American can write if we stop confusing deprivation with health.

杰利·罗尔正在备战纽约马拉松。一个曾经体重540磅的男人，如今准备跑完26.2英里。这并非一个“瘦弱”的故事，而是一个关于力量的故事。如果我们不再把节食与健康混为一谈，每个美国人都能书写这样的故事。

At 250 years, America has the chance to carry forward what has always worked. Families who return to wise, nourishing meals aren’t just feeding their bodies, they’re building something no fad can replicate.

建国250周年之际，美国有机会将行之有效的传统发扬光大。回归健康营养膳食的家庭，不仅是在满足口腹之欲，更是在构建一种任何潮流都无法复制的宝贵财富。

As a nation, let’s embrace this ancient wisdom as we embark on a true renaissance of health.

作为一个国家，让我们拥抱这一古老的智慧，开启一场真正的健康复兴。

Pearl Barrett is the co-Founder of Trim Healthy Mama, a health movement dedicated to bringing greater health to every home in America.

Pearl Barrett 是 Trim Healthy Mama 的联合创始人，这是一项致力于为美国每个家庭带来更健康生活方式的健康运动。