The key to this switch may be adiponectin, a hormone produced by fat cells that helps lower glucose production and stimulates cells to use fat for energy instead.

• 引起这种转变的关键因子可能就是脂联素(adiponectin),它是一种由脂肪细胞生成的激素,它能降低生成量并刺激细胞以脂肪代替葡萄糖产生能量。