2022-05-27

阳春四月不减肥，春暖花开肉一堆。想甩掉陈年老肥，当然要运动起来！研究发现，如果在运动之前喝上一杯咖啡，就可以加速脂肪燃烧。这是真的吗？

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.

如果你希望下一次锻炼时最大化地提高脂肪燃烧量，不妨考虑在运动前半小时喝杯咖啡——因为有新研究表明，它可以使脂肪燃烧量明显变化，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 aerobic1 exercise, based on results gathered from 15 male volunteers.

研究人员收集了15名男性志愿者的数据后发现，如果按每公斤体重3毫克的量来摄入咖啡因，就可以提高有氧运动中的脂肪燃烧速度。

The coffee dose was shown to increase maximal fat oxidation rate (a measure of how efficiently2 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，咖啡可以增加最大脂肪氧化率，上午平均增加10.7%，下午增加29%。最大脂肪氧化率用于衡量身体有效燃烧脂肪的效率。

"The recommendation to exercise on an empty stomach in the morning to increase fat oxidatio