美乐家上个月更新Access棒产品之后，我立刻想到我十几年前写的一篇有关译文。我把这篇文章找了出来，让我的帮手BB将原PDF译文重新输入我的苹果电脑，稍加整理，现加入我的博客。
当时我作为美乐家的优惠会员，每月都收到一份Melaleuca
Country杂志，每期都有介绍美乐家产品的文章和研究信息。这篇文章当时是配合公司发起的一项活动，通过每天走路的方式让志愿参与的会员实现减肥的目的。这项活动建议每次步行之前，吃一到两块Access活力棒，这样可以帮助在活动中将体内的脂肪转为能源，从而达到减肥的目的。
下面是我原来译文的PDF文件：
这篇文章是Access棒发明人Larry Wang专门撰写的文章，介绍了Access活力棒如何通过天然的萃取物成分来帮助燃烧体内脂肪的原理，当我看完这篇文章之后，我立刻动笔将该文翻译成中文。该文章的题目为Walk Your Talk。这句话的直译是：按照你所说的走路，根据西人的解释，意思原指父母教育孩子时，应该是说的与自己的行为一致，而不是自己说教与自己的实际行为相悖。我原来翻译为：言行一致，表里如一。但是今天重新阅读这篇文章，我觉得“实现自己的诺言”更为贴切。
WALK YOUR TALK
by Dr.
Lawrence Wang
Melaleuca’s “Walk Your
Talk” program is designed to help you achieve a learner and
healthier body through participation in one of the oldest, safest
and easiest aerobic activities: walking. As an added incentive,
Melaleuca will donate 5 cents to the Special Olympics Fund for each
and every mile you walk. Clearly, this is win/win situation, and
many of you have already started up on it.
实现自己的诺言
Lawrence Wang
博士
为了帮助你达到一个更苗条和更健康的身体目标，美乐家公司推出了一个“实现自己的诺言”的活动，你通过参加一种最古老、最安全和最容易的体育活动：步行，来达到您的目标。为鼓励你的活动，你每步行一里，
美乐家公司将给特奥会捐献五分钱。十分明显，这是一个大家都受益的活动，在美乐家优惠会员中间已经有许多人开始报名参加了这一个有意义的活动。
One
concern is whether walking by itself would be sufficient to invoke
a consistent loss of unwanted fat. To help you use fat better.
Melaleuca has offered a special "physiological ally" dedicated to
help you use fat better. Yes , it is the Access bar- your teammate
for fitness, health and well-being.
一个大家所关心的问题是：仅靠步行走路就可以持续地减掉不需要的脂肪了么？为了确保你达到你的目标，
美乐家公司推荐一种特别“具有生理功能的助手”，专门用于帮助你更好的减肥。这就是Access棒，你健美和健康的伴侣。
How can
the Access bar be such a powerful personal “ally”? The details of
the science can be found in my write-up : “How does the Access Bar
Work?”available through Melaleuca. For our purpose here, let me
begin by saying that, unlike the views of many modern-day
clinicians who consider fat stores as burdensome, I view fat stores
as “metabolic assets,” essential for survival in nature. Before
civilization, whatever precious extra calories we could spare from
the “catch of the day” we turned into fax.
为什么Access
棒能成为这种十分有威力的个人“助手”呢？在我的文章“Access棒的机理”中对此有更为详细的技术解释说明，这篇文章可通过美乐家公司得到。在这里请允许我再次陈述我的观点：许多现代的医务人员认为脂肪的储存是一种负赘，我不同意这种观点。我认为脂肪的储存是一种“新陈代谢的资产”，是人在自然生存中的必需物质。在人类文明之前，人从“每天摄取的食物”中所能得到的剩余热量都是以转变脂肪的形式储存起来的。
Early
in man’s history, we literally risked our lives against predation
to protect our fat stores. And, as with any other precious
possession, our bodies want to protect it against reckless wastage.
Physical exertions designed to burn fat- for example, long and
intense aerobic activities like running a marathon- are practiced
by wild species, because this is strictly wasteful and contrary to
survival. The dawning of civilization has enabled modern man to
accumulate fat- through regularly available nourishment - at will;
when obesity develops, measures are devised to burn or wasted fat
in the hope to regain leanness. However, wasting is against the
physiological nature of our bodies, and this s why shedding the
unwanted pounds has been proving to be so difficult for so many,
despite consistent and valiant effort; You cannot expect to win
when you work against the natural instincts of your
body.
在人类发展历史的早期，我们曾拼命地冒着风险保护我们的脂肪免受其他捕食动物的掠夺。同时，就像保护我们其他珍贵的财产一样，我们的身体还保护脂肪免受随意粗放的浪费。一些会大量耗氧的运动，比如进行长距离大运动量的马拉松，实际上是野生动物的行为，因为这种活动消耗太大，与人类的生存相悖。在人类文明的开始时期，人通过日常得到的食物营养品可以自己积累脂肪；当脂肪积累过多导致肥胖时，各种燃烧消耗脂肪以达到减肥苗条的方法也就产生了。可是，消耗脂肪是违反我们身体的生理特性，这就是许多人拼命不断的努力减少多余的重量但又感到十分艰难的原因；当你抗拒你的身体天然本能时，你是不可能取胜的。
The
technology behind the Access bar provides a new solution to this
seemingly insurmountable impasse between an overabundance of fat
stores yet stingy and frugal fat utilization. A metabolic
end-product form our own body called adenosine is the key molecule
that locks up fat, reduces muscle activity, and even makes the use
of sugar by the muscles less efficient. Adenosine comes from the
use of Adenosine triphosphate (ATP), the universal energy currency
of our body. Each time we want our muscles to work, ATP must be
first spent, and adenosine is formed. The faster we use our ATP -
i.e. the heavier the exercise- the faster is the accumulation of
adenosine, and the more prominent is its inhibition on energy and
fat use. When fat is less available, more sugar has to be used to
regenerate ATP to fuel the exercise. Since lactic acid is
invariably generated when sugar is used, fatigue will set in soon
after.
Access棒背后的技术创造了一种新的解法，它为脂肪大量过剩与小气勤俭控制脂肪的使用之间看起来是难以克服的僵局提供了一个崭新的答案。我们自己身体上有一种叫腺苷的新陈代谢产物，这种物质是一种关键的分子，它的功能是锁住脂肪的释放，减少肌肉的活动，结果导致肌肉不得不低效率地低利用糖来提供能量。腺苷来源于腺苷三磷酸(ATP)，这就像我们身体中获取能量的一种通用货币。每次我们想让肌肉进行工作，必须要首先支付ATP，结果形成腺苷。而我们使用ATP越快，即更剧烈的运动，腺苷的积累就越多，腺苷的过多结果导致一种反馈抑制信息，即阻止能量和脂肪的使用。当脂肪越来越难获得，必须要用越来越多的糖来产生ATP，为运动补充能源。由于糖在使用过程中不可避免地产生一种乳酸，其结果就是运动不久就会感到疲劳。
In
order for adenosine to lock up the fat cells, nerve cells and
muscle cells, it must first combine with its specific receptors on
them. The receptors are like the keyholes of doors in your house:
We all know that if masking tape is placed over the keyhole, the
door can no longer be locked, despite the fact that you still have
the key in your hand. The Access technology employs naturally
occurring “adenosine receptor antagonists”-a kind of masking tape -
from food ingredients to deny the locking of the fat cells, nerve
cells and muscle by our own adenosine. With this measure, the
stored fat can continue to be used to support muscle activity
because ATP can now be regenerated through the inexhaustible
liquidation of our fat stores.
为了使腺苷锁住脂肪细胞、神经细胞和肌肉细胞，腺苷必须首先让其与一种特殊的受体结合在一起。我们可以一个形象的比喻来解释：这些受体就像你家门上的钥匙孔，如果在钥匙孔上贴上遮盖阻挡的胶带，尽管你手里有钥匙，门也就再也锁不上了。Access技术采用天然生长的，“腺苷受体的对抗体”，一种阻挡遮盖胶带，这是一种食物，它可以用来阻止我们身体中积累的腺苷对脂肪细胞、神经细胞和肌肉细胞的上锁。采用这种技术措施，储存库中的脂肪就能够源源不断地用于支持肌肉的活动，这是因为ATP这种货币现在能够通过我们身体的脂肪储存财库中源源不断地产生。
Because
fat is burned to carbon dioxide and water , not lactic acid is
formed. This will delay the onset of premature fatigue, and
minimize the pain and stiffness typically associated with exercise.
Unlike “energy bars”-which are basically supplying more sugar to
your body- the Access bar unlocks you fat stores and provides you
with an alternative and superior fuel - fat rather than sugar - to
fuel your activity. This is a revolutionary concept and the reason
protected by both U.S. and Canadian patents.
由于脂肪的燃烧后生成的是二氧化碳和水，因此不会有乳酸的形成。这将会避免出现过早疲劳，并且减少因运动常出现的肌肉疼痛和僵硬的现象。与市场上一般“能量棒”产品不同的是，那些能量棒实际上是给身体提供更多的糖，而Access棒的原理是阻止对您脂肪库的上锁，并给您提供一种更好的能源，即是脂肪而不是糖，来为您的活动加油。这是一种革命性的新概念，这种Access棒技术在美国和加拿大都已经获得了专利保护。
I am so
very pleased that the Access bar can be a part of the Walk Your
Talk program. For the 18+ years I had spend in researching the
physiology of energy and fat metabolism leading to invention of the
Access technology, I was hoping that someday my little invention
could enhance the fitness and health of others. The teaming of
Access bar with the Walk Your Talk program is a stroke of genius by
Melaleuca. In my mind, this win/ win program essentially ensures
the success of your committed effort to “Walk Your Talk.” I applaud
the Melaleuca initiative, and am grateful for the inclusion of the
Access bar as part of your “success cycle” in achieving lifelong
vitality!
我非常高兴Access棒能够成为“实现你的诺言”活动的一个组成部分。在过去的十八年里，我倾注全部精力从事能量生理学和脂肪新陈代谢的研究，结果发明了Access技术。我曾经一直希望有一天，我的小小发明能够帮助人们增进健美和身体健康。将Access棒与“实现你的诺言”的活动组合在一起，这是美乐家公司一个创新。我个人认为，这是一个大家都得益的活动，Access棒将确保你参加“实现你的诺言”活动中所做的努力取得成功。我支持美乐家公司的创举，并对Access棒能伴随你追寻生命活力的“成功之路”感到十分的荣幸。
参考资料
- Lawrence Wang 1991年在美国注册的专利 5,296,463
- Lawrence Wang 1993年在美国注册的专利 5,192,740
- 美乐家公司出版的 Lawrence Wang 文章 Access棒的机理
- About.com 网站介绍的加拿大发明家 Dr. Larry Wang
- YouTube 美乐家关于Access棒的视频
根据美乐家网站的资讯，建议吃Access棒之后15分钟再运动，这样可达到最好的效果。
根据Larry
Wang博士的解释，Access棒能让脂肪在身体需要能量时顺利提供能源。美乐家的优惠会员不仅用Access棒为运动提供能源和减肥的目的，而且他们发现Access棒有许多其它的用途，比如在突然进行大量体力劳动之前可以用Access棒来帮助缓解肌肉的酸痛，在夏日野外活动之前用Access棒减少肌肉酸的弥散，以减少蚊虫的叮咬，还在紧张生活节奏用作代替吃饭，让脂肪提供身体需要的能量等。
我十几年前的资料中，Access一盒有15条棒，价格$30.75加元，平均一条棒$2.05；我记得十几年来，起码更新过一次，最近更新后的Access配方更新，口味更加美味，一盒10条棒，价格$19.99加元，平均一条棒大约$2加元。十几年的通货膨胀物价不知增加了多少，但美乐家自己生产，产品直接送到会员家庭，价格能够保证十分稳定。
下图今年美乐家年会上推出的更新Access产品之一，新的配方，同样的可口品味。
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