Brown fat has very high metabolic activity associated with it.

棕色脂肪具有很高的代谢活性。

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。

Cold water immersion also activates brown fat.

冷水浸泡也会激活棕色脂肪组织。

Brown fat doesn't just keep you warm, though.

棕色脂肪不仅能保暖。

Activating this brown fat has long-term benefits.

激活这种棕色脂肪有长远好处。

Brown fat raises your body temperature when it gets cold by breaking down fat into chemicals that release heat.

将脂肪分解为释放热量的化学物质时，你体内的棕色脂肪会使得体温上升。

What happens to brown fat when it is activated

当棕色脂肪被激活的时候会发生什么事情呢？

Babies are born with a lot of brown fat.

婴儿出生时就有很多棕色脂肪。

Brown fat cells are not really filled with fat, but with other particles that can increase energy metabolism a lot.

褐色脂肪细胞其实并不是充满了脂肪，还含有许多可以大幅促进能量代谢的粒子。

So brown fat absolutely can contribute to higher metabolism.

所以棕色脂肪可以促进更高的新陈代谢。

So if brown fat gets activated it produces heat so it warms up the body.

所以，当褐色脂肪被激活的时候，它会产生很多热量来温暖身体。

Your insides will break down this food, producing a type of protein called brown fat.

你的内脏会分解这些食物，产生一种叫做棕色脂肪的蛋白质。

Other treatments in development seek to take advantage of the calorie-burning wizardry of brown fat.

其他正在研发的疗法试图利用棕色脂肪可燃烧卡路里的绝招。

Exactly to what degree adult humans activate brown fat during exercise is still largely unknown.

成年人在运动中激活棕色脂肪的确切程度在很大程度上仍然未知。

Brown fat is responsible for generating heat when our bodies are exposed to the cold, a process which requires greater caloric expenditure.

当我们的身体暴露在寒冷中时，棕色脂肪负责产生热量，这一过程需要更多的热量消耗。

Human beings have two types of fat tissue or adipose: white fat and brown fat.

白色脂肪和棕色脂肪。

So they need other ways of generating heat and brown fat is part of that.

所以他们需要其他方式来产生热量，而棕色脂肪就是其中的一部分。

Researchers at Harvard have developed a compound that lets the brown fat stem cells do this.

哈佛大学研究人员研发出了一种能使棕色脂肪干细胞完成这一任务的化合物。

But living in a cooler temperature could help to some extent and this is because of 'brown fat'.

但是生活在较冷的环境里能够在一定程度上起到一些作用，而原因就是" 棕色脂肪" 。

The brown fat around the neck vessels heats up the blood, goes to the brain. That's good.

颈部血管周围的棕色脂肪加热血液，进入大脑。这很好。