Infusions of antibiotics can also help wipe out some of the bacteria that are making the trimethylamine.

输抗生素也能杀死一些会产生三甲胺的细菌。

They can change their diets so there are fewer of the precursor chemicals that get broken down into trimethylamine.

他们可以通过改变饮食来减少先驱化学品的摄入，而这种先驱化学品会分解成为三甲胺。

Now, everyone's body produces trimethylamine— specifically, in the gut, where bacteria excrete it while helping us digest foods like eggs, liver, and fish.

如今每个人的身体都能产出三甲胺，尤其是细菌在肠道里，帮助我们消化类似于蛋类、肝脏、鱼类的时候会分泌出这种物质。

Without enough of that working enzyme, the trimethylamine builds up, and has nowhere to go but out with your bodily fluids — in your sweat, urine, even on your breath.

没有足够的进行分解作用的酶，三甲胺不断累积，无处释放，只能通过你的汗液、尿液甚至是呼吸来释放。

Patients with this condition are said to smell like decomposing fish, because their bodies don't break down a compound called trimethylamine, which emits the je ne sais quoi of fishiness.

有这种病症的患者闻起来像烂透了的鱼，因为他们的身体不能分解出一种叫做三甲胺的化合物，产生“妙不可言”的鱼臭味。

Normally, having all that trimethylamine in your body is not a problem, because it's converted into an odorless molecule, thanks to a special enzyme in the liver, known as a flavin-containing monooxygenase.

通常情况下，你的身体里存在三甲胺是没有问题的，由于肠道里一种酶的存在，它会转换成一种无气味的分子，这种酶被称为黄素单氧酶。

In that paper he showed that choline, a molecule found in eggs and meat, is digested by some gut bacteria to produce trimethylamine, which is then processed in the liver to create trimethylamine N-oxide, or TMAO—a substance that encourages atherosclerosis.

在那篇文章中，他说胆碱（一种存在于蛋和肉类中的分子）被某些肠道细菌消化生成三甲胺，然后三甲胺在肝脏中转化为氧化三甲胺（TMAO），这是一种有助于引发动脉粥样硬化的物质。