The Business of Feeling Well
「健康」這門生意
— English reading, C1
文章
The global wellness industry is now worth trillions of dollars, selling everything from meditation apps to expensive supplements. Much of it promises more than it can deliver.
全球的身心健康產業如今價值數兆美元，從冥想應用程式到昂貴的營養補充品無所不賣。其中很多東西承諾的效果，遠超過它實際能做到的。
Many popular supplements, for instance, have little scientific support. Meanwhile, the measures with the strongest evidence, such as sleep, exercise and social contact, cost almost nothing.
例如，許多熱門的營養補充品幾乎沒有科學根據。與此同時，證據最充分的方法，像是睡眠、運動和社交接觸，卻幾乎不用花錢。
It is perhaps precisely because they are free that they are so rarely marketed.
或許正是因為它們免費，所以才很少有人去推銷。
生詞
wellness 身心健康
trillion 兆
meditation 冥想
supplement 營養補充品
deliver 兌現；達成
meanwhile 與此同時
precisely 正是
market 行銷；推銷