鲁达 The Reason Why Baking Makes You Feel Good
烘焙让你心情好的原因
Studies have shown that creative activities like baking and knitting（编织） contribute to an overall sense of well-being.
研究表明，像烘焙和编织这样的创造性活动有助于提高整体幸福感。
Boston University associate professor（副教授） of psychological and brain sciences Donna Pincus told HuffPost that
波士顿大学心理学和脑科学副教授唐娜·平卡斯告诉《赫芬顿邮报》，
there's "a stress relief that people get from having some kind of an outlet（发泄方式） and a way to express themselves."
“人们能通过某种发泄途径和表达方式来释放压力。”
Baking is also a great way to practice mindfulness（专注力）, because it requires you to focus on following very straightforward directions in a specific order.
烘焙也是练习专注力的好方法，因为它需要你专注于非常直接的、有特定顺序的制作说明。
In other words, most of the decisions have already been made for you,
换句话说，大多数决定都已经为你安排好了。
allowing you to concentrate on the details while nudging your mind away from the stressors and anxieties of your life outside the kitchen.
这样你就能专注于细节，同时让你的大脑远离厨房之外生活的压力和焦虑。
Julie Ohana, a licensed clinical（临床） social worker and culinary（烹饪的） art therapist, explained to HuffPost that
朱莉·奥哈纳是一名持有执照的临床社会工作者和烹饪艺术治疗师，她向《赫芬顿邮报》解释道，
baking is therapeutic because it helps you practice the "balance of the moment and the bigger picture."
烘焙有治疗作用，因为它能帮助你练习寻求“当下和大局的平衡”。
While you're measuring and mixing ingredients, you're probably visualizing how they'll all come together to create a fulfilling（令人满意的） final product, and deciding how and when you'll share it with others.
当你在计量和混合原料的时候，你可能会想象它们是如何组合在一起创造出一个令人满意的成品的，并且决定如何以及何时与他人分享。
Sharing your desserts — altruistically（无私地） rather than for attention or competition — is another mood-booster,
分享甜点——无私地分享，而不是为了引起别人的注意或竞争——是另一种情绪助推剂，
making you "feel like you've done something good for the world, which perhaps increases your meaning in life and connection with other people," Pincus said.
它会让你“感觉自己为这个世界做了一些好事，这可能会增加你在生活中的意义和与他人的联系。” 平卡斯如是说。
It can also function as a mode of communication.
分享也可以作为一种交流方式。
Susan Whitbourne, professor of psychological and brain sciences at the University of Massachusetts, told HuffPost that
马萨诸塞大学心理学和脑科学教授苏珊·惠特伯恩告诉《赫芬顿邮报》，
"it can be helpful for people who have difficulty expressing their feelings in words to show thanks, appreciation, or sympathy with baked goods."
对于难以用语言表达感情的人来说，他们可以用烘焙食品来表示感谢、欣赏或同情。