Glucose has to get into cells, that's the main source of energy source that cells use, metabolism of glucose.

但葡萄糖又必须进入细胞,因为它是细胞能量的主要来源,即通过葡萄糖代谢产生能量

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Okay, so the body has a way of metabolizing and making use of the food such that you can get energy or nutrients from it.

对的,身体可以代谢并利用食品,从中获取能量和营养

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I was just going to--I don't know if this is one of the things, you can eat it and you can metabolize it and trap the energy.

我想说,我也不知道说的对不对,可以食用,被代谢,并从中获取能量

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That efficient metabolism that banks calories is highly efficient, highly important, highly adaptable, under circumstances where food is scarce, but not efficient and not adaptive under modern food conditions in the developed world.

能高效存储能量的代谢系统,在食品短缺的情况下,非常重要,有着较强的适应能力,但却不能适应,现代发达国家的食品环境

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The ones who would seek out calories, the ones who could store and not waste energy, those with an efficient metabolism-- that is those people who took in calories and banked them into their body fat and stored against subsequent famine-- are the ones who would do the best under these circumstances.

那些寻找能量的人,那些储存而不浪费能量的人,那些有着高效代谢系统的人,那些人可以将摄入的热量储存为机体脂肪,以用于对抗即将到来的饥荒,在早先的情况下他们是最适应环境的

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