纪录片《熟食造就了人类吗》 第35期：糖分的能量

The deeper the red in the liquid,

液体显现的红色越深

the greater the amount of sugars released in the gut¹.

表示马铃薯在内脏中释放的糖分越多

When we cook the potato, we get a lot more of that sugar,

当我们将马铃薯烹煮后 会得到更多的糖分

a lot more of that energy release

也会得到更多的能量

during the digestive process.

这些都是在消化过程中获取的

That's down to the cooking.

这都是因为烹煮的原因

Cooking allows us to digest food easily,

烹煮使我们能更容易地消化食物

releasing huge amounts of energy into the bloodstream to power the body.

向血液中释放大量能量 以维持身体的正常运转

But to understand exactly how this happens,

为了弄明白这到底是怎样发生的

we need to take a closer look at the structure of food itself.

我们需要更细致的观察食物的自身结构

Food scientist Doctor Kathy Groves²

食品科学家凯西·格罗夫斯博士

investigates what happens to food at the microscopic³ level when it's cooked.

从显微水平上研究食物被烹煮熟后的变化

She places a piece of raw potato under a microscope

她将一片生马铃薯置于显微镜下

and starts to heat it.

然后开始加热

What we can see here is that we have starch⁴ grains, which are raw

我们首先可以观察到生马铃薯中的淀粉粒

and as we heat them,

当我们开始加热它们

they're swelling⁵ up hugely and

它们大面积地膨胀开来

the molecules⁶ are breaking up

淀粉粒中的分子也开始分解

inside the starch grains, allowing the starch to be released

淀粉就从中分离开来

from the grain, aiding digestion⁷ later.

促进我们消化

1 gut   

n.[pl.]胆量；内脏；adj.本能的；vt.取出内脏

参考例句：

• It is not always necessary to gut the fish prior to freezing.冷冻鱼之前并不总是需要先把内脏掏空。
• My immediate gut feeling was to refuse.我本能的直接反应是拒绝。

2 groves   

树丛，小树林( grove的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• The early sun shone serenely on embrowned groves and still green fields. 朝阳宁静地照耀着已经发黄的树丛和还是一片绿色的田地。
• The trees grew more and more in groves and dotted with old yews. 那里的树木越来越多地长成了一簇簇的小丛林，还点缀着几棵老紫杉树。

3 microscopic   

adj.微小的，细微的，极小的，显微的

参考例句：

• It's impossible to read his microscopic handwriting.不可能看清他那极小的书写字迹。
• A plant's lungs are the microscopic pores in its leaves.植物的肺就是其叶片上微细的气孔。

4 starch   

n.淀粉；vt.给...上浆

参考例句：

• Corn starch is used as a thickener in stews.玉米淀粉在炖煮菜肴中被用作增稠剂。
• I think there's too much starch in their diet.我看是他们的饮食里淀粉太多了。

5 swelling   

n.肿胀

参考例句：

• Use ice to reduce the swelling. 用冰敷消肿。
• There is a marked swelling of the lymph nodes. 淋巴结处有明显的肿块。

6 molecules   

分子( molecule的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• The structure of molecules can be seen under an electron microscope. 分子的结构可在电子显微镜下观察到。
• Inside the reactor the large molecules are cracked into smaller molecules. 在反应堆里，大分子裂变为小分子。

7 digestion   

n.消化，吸收

参考例句：

• This kind of tea acts as an aid to digestion.这种茶可助消化。
• This food is easy of digestion.这食物容易消化。