Cellular and molecular mechanisms by which fatty acids regulate adipose tissue metabolism.

虽然饮食中的脂肪是一种重要的能量来源，但在我们的社会中，人们对哪些脂肪是“好”的，哪些是“坏”的存在很多困惑。这个问题的很大一部分是人们倾向于把不同的脂肪归为一类，然后对它们进行笼统的描述。例如，人们普遍认为所有的饱和脂肪都是有害的，但我的实验室和其他实验室最近的研究表明，情况并非如此。有些饱和脂肪会引起炎症，有些则不会；这很重要，因为炎症会导致身体处理糖和脂肪的方式崩溃。体内炎症的主要来源之一是脂肪组织。

While fat in the diet is an important source of energy, there is a lot of confusion in our society about which fats are “good” and which ones are “bad”. A big part of the problem has been the tendency to group different fats together and then make general statements about them. For example, it is widely believed that all saturated fats are bad, but recent work by my lab and others suggests otherwise. While some saturated fats cause inflammation, some do not; this is important because inflammation can cause a break down in how the body handles sugars and fats. One of the major sources of inflammation in the body is fat tissue.