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The LD·ATTEC (the shining elixir) can harness autophagy (the self-eating circular dragons) to degrade lipid droplets. After taking the LD·ATTEC, the over-weighted beauty, Chang’e (left), became a slim goddess (right) and flew into the sky above the clouds. LD·ATTEC: autophagy-tethering compounds (ATTEC) targeting lipid-droplets (LD). See page 965–979 by Yuhua Fu et al. for details.