中英對照讀新聞》Coffee before exercise increases fat-burning╱運動前喝咖啡增加燃脂

中英對照讀新聞》Coffee before exercise increases fat-burning╱運動前喝咖啡增加燃

◎陳成良

If you’re looking to maximize the amount of fat burned in your next workout, think about having a coffee half an hour before you get started – as a new study suggests it can make a significant difference to fat burning, especially later on in the day.

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如果你希望在下次運動健身時最大程度地燃燒脂肪，不妨考慮在開始之前半小時喝咖啡—因為有新研究表明，它可以使脂肪燃燒量明顯變化，尤其是在下午。

Researchers found that 3 milligrams of caffeine per kilogram of body weight can boost the rate of fat burning during aerobic exercise, based on results gathered from 15 male volunteers.

研究人員發現，根據從15名男性志願者收集到的結果，按每公斤體重3毫克的量來攝取咖啡因，就可以提高有氧運動期間的脂肪燃燒率。

The coffee dose was shown to increase maximal fat oxidation rate（MFO, a measure of how efficiently the body burns off fat）by an average of 10.7 percent in the morning and 29 percent in the afternoon.

研究表明，這個咖啡攝取量可以增加最大脂肪氧化率（MFO，衡量人體燃燒脂肪效率的指標），上午平均增加10.7%，下午增加29%。

This is a study with a fairly small sample of participants, so it’s important not to jump to too broad a conclusion, but the results are clear enough to suggest that there is some kind of association there.

由於該研究的參與者樣本數很少，因此重要的是不要過於廣泛下結論，但結果足夠清楚，表明存在某種關聯。

新聞辭典》

workout：名詞，健身、鍛鍊身體。例句：This park workout routine will help you build muscle and boost your metabolism.（這組鍛鍊動作可以幫助你增強肌肉，促進新陳代謝。）

aerobic：形容詞，有氧的。例句：I go to aerobics once a week.（我每週上1次有氧課。）

jump to conclusion（s）：片語，得出結論、做出推論。例句：Don’t be too hasty and jump to conclusions.（不要那麼匆促而過早下結論。）