纪录片《饮食变迁》 第21期:肥胖的人消耗更多卡路里

One of the most common

多数超重的人

things that overweight people say to me is,

对我重复谈到的一点是

"I've got a slow metabolism¹.

我的新陈代谢速度慢

"I eat just the same or even less than my slim friend,

我和我的瘦人朋友吃得差不多 甚至还少

"But yet I put on weight."

但我就是体重增加

Another way of putting it is,

另一种说法是

"I only have to look at a cream cake and

只是看一看奶油蛋糕

I gain half a stone."

我就会长半英石重

To find out if overweight

为了研究体重超标的人

people do have a slow metabolism, they brought

是否新陈代谢速度缓慢 他们找来了

slim and overweight volunteers

一些瘦人和胖人志愿者

into a calorimeters, sealed chambers²

进入一个配有热量计的密封室

where they could measure how many

在这里可以通过测试人们吸进的氧气量

calories³ people were burning off

和呼出来的二氧化碳量

by measuring the oxygen breathed in and carbon-dioxide breathed out.

来测量他们消耗的卡路里

At all times of day, the overweight person

在一天时间里 胖人事实上

ws in fact using more calories than their thin friend.

比他们的瘦朋友们消耗更多的卡路里

That came as a little bit of a surprise to us,

这点只是让我们略微惊讶

but a great surprise to them.

而他们则非常的惊讶

We could show that, rather than having a low metabolic⁴ rate,

我们能指出 他们不是新陈代谢速度慢

in fact it was even higher than the lean⁵ subjects.

事实上 胖人新陈代谢比瘦人还快

Every activity they did took up more energy

每一项活动 他们都会消耗更多的能量

because they had a bigger body weight to carry around.

因为他们有更沉重的身体需要负担

This idea that overweight people

所谓胖人新陈代谢慢的观点

have a slow metabolism is in fact a complete myth⁶.

事实上是一个不切实际的神话

1 metabolism   

n.新陈代谢

参考例句：

• After years of dieting,Carol's metabolism was completely out of whack.经过数年的节食，卡罗尔的新陈代谢完全紊乱了。
• All living matter undergoes a process of metabolism.生物都有新陈代谢。

2 chambers   

n.房间( chamber的名词复数 )；（议会的）议院；卧室；会议厅

参考例句：

• The body will be removed into one of the cold storage chambers. 尸体将被移到一个冷冻间里。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• Mr Chambers's readable book concentrates on the middle passage: the time Ransome spent in Russia. Chambers先生的这本值得一看的书重点在中间：Ransome在俄国的那几年。 来自互联网

3 calories   

n.大卡( calorie的名词复数 )；千卡（食物所产生的能量单位）；卡路里；卡（热量单位）；卡路里，大卡路里( calory的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• No sugar for me, thanks—I'm counting my calories . 我不要糖，谢谢。我在控制摄取的热量。
• Her diet restricts her to 1500 calories a day. 她的规定饮食限制她每天摄入1500大卡热量。 来自《简明英汉词典》

4 metabolic   

adj.新陈代谢的

参考例句：

• Impressive metabolic alternations have been undergone during embryogenesis.在胚胎发生期间经历了深刻的代谢变化。
• A number of intoxicants are associated with metabolic acidosis.许多毒性物质可引起代谢性酸中毒。

5 lean   

n.瘦肉，倾斜，弯曲；adj.瘦的，贫乏的，歉收的；v.倚靠，倾斜，依赖

参考例句：

• The seats have no back against which to lean.这些座位都没有靠背可倚。
• Please don't lean your chair back,you'll break it.请不要坐在椅子上往后仰，你会把椅子弄坏的。

6 myth   

n.神话，神话故事

参考例句：

• The story has points of resemblance to a Hebrew myth.这个故事与某个希伯来神话有相似之处。
• The story is a pure myth.这故事纯属虚构。