Can Skipping Dinner Help You Lose Weight? 不吃晚饭能减肥吗?
If your phone needs a software upgrade, you would likely run the installations when it's fully charged. Otherwise, your phone and its software would take longer to sync. A new study finds human energy systems operate in a similar fashion: Our metabolisms likely function best in the morning when our bodies are fresh and fully charged. 如果你手机里的软件需要升级，你可能会在手机充满电后再运行安装程序。否则，同时进行手机充电和软件安装可能需要更长的时间。一项新的研究发现，人类能量系统的运作方式与之类似：在充满活力和能量的早晨，人体的新陈代谢才能发挥出最佳效能。
The research, based on a seven-year dietary analysis of 50,000 adults, found that body weight, measured by body mass index, corresponds with when we eat and how often we eat.
这项研究对5万名成年人展开了为期7年的饮食分析。研究发现，体质指数（BMI）与进食时间及进食频率有关。
Specifically, people who eat larger breakfasts and adopt an 18-hour overnight fast, say from 1 pm to 7 am, have the lowest body weights. Those who ate more than three meals, or three meals plus snacks, had higher BMIs.
具体而言，那些早餐吃得多、并且保持18个小时（比如从下午1点到第二天早上7点）不吃东西的人体质指数最低。而那些一天吃三顿饭以上、或三餐三餐之外还吃零食的人体质指数较高。
Those who ate later in the day, after 6 pm, compared to having the largest meal at breakfast or lunch, had higher body weights. The Loma Linda University researchers hypothesize that 18- to 19-hour overnight dietary fasts reboot our metabolisms to help our bodies burn calories efficiently.
相比早餐或午餐吃得比较多的人，那些在下午6点以后还在吃东西的人的体质指数要更高。洛马林达大学的研究人员认为，18-19小时的夜间禁食能重启机体的新陈代谢，帮助我们更高效地燃烧卡路里。
Lead author Dr Hana Kahleova, director of clinical research at the nonprofit Physicians Committee, says this process ensures our energy intake correlates with energy output, instead of energy reserves — or enlarged fat cells. Contrary to popular belief, these extended overnight fasts seem to help boost metabolic function.
该研究的第一作者、非营利医务委员会临床研究主任哈娜·卡列奥娃表示，这一过程确保了我们的能量摄入与能量输出直接相关，而不会使能量被储存下来（即脂肪细胞变大）。与过去普遍流行的观点相反，长期坚持夜间禁食或有助于促进新陈代谢。
Kahleova also finds meals consumed in the evening, compared to those eaten in the morning, result in a hyperglycemic response, or elevated blood sugar, which happens when insulin can't process glucose into energy. Like a clog in a machine, extra glucose slows our bodies' metabolic process down.
卡列奥娃还发现，相比于早上进食，晚上进食会导致高血糖反应（即胰岛素无法将葡糖糖转换为能量，因而导致血糖升高）。就像机器发生堵塞一般，额外的葡萄糖会减缓机体新陈代谢速度。
Depending on your goals and health status, you may consider rearranging your meals so you consume more calories in the morning when insulin function is most efficient. 你可以根据自己的目标和健康状况，对饮食习惯进行调整，你可以在胰岛素效能最高的早餐摄入更多的卡路里。
So, let's say you consume 1,500 to 1,800 calories a day. Instead of splitting 500 to 600 calories evenly at each meal, you could experiment with eating 600 to 700 calories for breakfast, 600 to 700 calories for lunch and a light 300- to 400-calorie dinner.
假设你每天摄入能量1500-1800卡，那么你可以试着早餐、午餐和晚餐分别摄入600 - 700卡、600-700卡和300-400卡，而非平均每餐摄入500-600卡。
If you're looking to lose 10 pounds or reverse the early stages of Type 2 diabetes, the 18- to 19-hour overnight fast might work well for you. This could mean eating a larger breakfast, a medium-sized lunch and no dinner at all.
如果你想减重10磅或改善2型糖尿病早期阶段的状况，那么18-19小时的夜间禁食或许对你很有帮助。你可以选择更丰盛的早餐、适量的午餐以及不吃晚餐。 (全文共388个词)
重难点词汇：
metabolism [m??t?b?l?z?m] n. 新陈代谢 correspond with 相符合；相一致 rearrange [?ri???re?nd?] v. 重排；重新整理
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