Both processes supposedly kill fat cells in the body.

据说，这两种方法都能消除身体里的脂肪细胞。

The larger your fat cells are, the more leptin they produce.

脂肪细胞越大，产生的瘦素就越多。

So what if there were a way to turn white fat cells into brown fat cells?

那要是有一种可将白色脂肪细胞转化为棕色脂肪细胞的方式，结果如何？

But the primary function of fat cells is to store energy.

然而脂肪细胞基本功能是储存能量。

Specifically, the way fat cells in this tissue expressed their genes had altered.

特别的是，脂肪组织细胞中基因的表达方式已经发生了改变。

In the process, the fat cell shrinks.

在这个过程中，脂肪细胞缩小了。

One of the most important is leptin, a hormone secreted by your fat cells.

其中最重要的是瘦素，一种由脂肪细胞分泌的激素。

Every single day we are using the fuel that's inside the white fat cells.

每一天我们都在使用白色脂肪细胞内的燃料。

Like any other cell in your body, your fat cells have a nucleus and organelles.

像体内的其他细胞，脂肪细胞也有细胞核和细胞器。

And larger fat cells means more adipose tissue.

并且脂肪细胞越大意味着脂肪组织越多。

So the brain tells fat cells to burn more of the fat they have socked away.

因此，大脑告诉脂肪细胞燃烧更多储存脂肪。

But fat-soluble vitamins have staying power because they can be packed into the liver and in fat cells.

但是脂溶性维他命能有持久力，因为它们能储存于我们的肝脏和脂肪细胞中。

Tour said, when you pass the bright light over the problem areas, the machines attack the fat cells.

图尔表示，当灯光照到问题区域时，纳米机器会攻击脂肪细胞。

Instead of one large lipid droplet in a white fat cell, the brown fat cell is one tightly packed bag of mitochondria.

棕色脂肪细胞不是白色脂肪细胞中的一个大脂滴，而是一个紧密包裹着线粒体的袋子。

And your body breaks down the fat molecules in your fat cells to fuel your mitochondria.

而人体会在脂肪细胞中分解脂肪分子，以此为线粒体供能。

Leptin is a hormone released from the fat cells that is registered by your brain as a “satiety” signal.

瘦素是从脂肪细胞中释放出来的一种激素，被大脑记录为“饱腹感”的信号。

As we discussed last time, this thing filling up your fat cells is insulin.

正如我们上次所讨论的，这种把脂肪细胞填满脂肪的东西就是胰岛素。

" Running is typically a useless sport where you turn fat cells into heat, " Cassidy told the Philadelphia Inquirer.

“跑步通常是一种无用的运动，你跑步时把脂肪细胞转变成热量。”卡西戴告诉《费城询问报》。

Brown fat cells are different—they're not supposed to STORE fat: they're supposed to BURN it.

人们认为它们燃烧脂肪，而非存储脂肪。

White fat cells have many functions one of the most important being that they're the body's primary energy source.

白色脂肪细胞有很多功能，其中最重要的是它们是身体的主要能量来源。