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<blockquote data-quote="Trinkwasser" data-source="post: 27511" data-attributes="member: 11875"><p>Does anyone else groan inwardly when you read "in mice"?</p><p></p><p>I suspect because of their high metabolic rates and short life and high carb diet they may actually be designed to switch "diabetes" on and off to maximise stashing of excess food when available and utilisation of the stored body fat later.</p><p></p><p>Sedge warblers are small birds which breed in Europe and the UK and migrate across the Sahara to winter. Before migrating they can double their body weight.</p><p></p><p>Now they are insect-eaters. What I didn't realise until recently was that to do this they stuff their little faces with high carb insects: plum reed aphids are full of sugars from the plant juices they suck.</p><p></p><p>Throughout the rest of the year the have no "weight issues", they seem to turn this on in spring and autumn purely for migration purposes.</p><p></p><p>Like the mice whether there is any direct relevance between their biochemistry and ours is moot.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Trinkwasser, post: 27511, member: 11875"] Does anyone else groan inwardly when you read "in mice"? I suspect because of their high metabolic rates and short life and high carb diet they may actually be designed to switch "diabetes" on and off to maximise stashing of excess food when available and utilisation of the stored body fat later. Sedge warblers are small birds which breed in Europe and the UK and migrate across the Sahara to winter. Before migrating they can double their body weight. Now they are insect-eaters. What I didn't realise until recently was that to do this they stuff their little faces with high carb insects: plum reed aphids are full of sugars from the plant juices they suck. Throughout the rest of the year the have no "weight issues", they seem to turn this on in spring and autumn purely for migration purposes. Like the mice whether there is any direct relevance between their biochemistry and ours is moot. [/QUOTE]
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