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    Luna
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    Three groups of animals who self-limit their food intake, and don't tend to
    get fat when food is unlimited

    Group One: Unlimited supply of food pellets, water to drink

    Group Two: Unlimited supply of food pellets, high fructose corn-syrup
    sweetened drink

    Group Three: Unlimited supply of food pellets, both water and sweet drink

    I wonder if groups 2 and 3 would get fat. I wonder if they'd eat more food
    than the first group, and I wonder if group 3 would choose the sweet drink
    over water.

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  2. DJ Delorie
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    Luna said:

    Three groups of animals who self-limit their food intake, and don't tend to
    get fat when food is unlimited

    Buy three pet rats and have at it.

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  3. Luna
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    In article <[email hidden]>, DJ Delorie <[email hidden]>

    Quoted message said:
    Luna said:

    Three groups of animals who self-limit their food intake, and don't tend to
    get fat when food is unlimited

    Buy three pet rats and have at it.

    If rats have an unlimited food supply, do they self-limit? I used to have
    hamsters, and they would bury extra food if we gave them too much, so maybe
    I could do this with hamsters. Although I anticipate the end result would
    be that all three groups would get eaten by my cat.

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    Michelle Levin
    http://www.mindspring.com/~lunachick

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  4. Doug Lerner
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    Luna said:

    In article <[email hidden]>, DJ Delorie <[email hidden]>

    Quoted message said:
    Luna said:

    Three groups of animals who self-limit their food intake, and don't tend to
    get fat when food is unlimited

    Buy three pet rats and have at it.

    If rats have an unlimited food supply, do they self-limit? I used to have
    hamsters, and they would bury extra food if we gave them too much, so maybe
    I could do this with hamsters. Although I anticipate the end result would
    be that all three groups would get eaten by my cat.

    My dog self-limits if all he has is his dry dog food. But I don't think
    he would self-limit on snacks, like jerkies.

    doug

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  5. marengo
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    "Luna" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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    || In article <[email hidden]>, DJ Delorie <[email hidden]>
    || wrote:
    ||
    ||| Luna <[email hidden]> writes:
    |||| Three groups of animals who self-limit their food intake, and
    |||| don't tend to get fat when food is unlimited
    |||
    ||| Buy three pet rats and have at it.
    ||
    || If rats have an unlimited food supply, do they self-limit? I used
    || to have hamsters, and they would bury extra food if we gave them too
    || much, so maybe I could do this with hamsters. Although I anticipate
    || the end result would be that all three groups would get eaten by my
    || cat.
    ||
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    || Michelle Levin
    || http://www.mindspring.com/~lunachick
    ||
    || I have only 3 flaws. My first flaw is thinking that I only have 3
    || flaws.

    My cat Yoda doesn't self-limit. I have to measure out his food; he'll eat
    until he vomits without fail if I give him more food than he needs!
    http://users.thelink.net/marengo/YodaPix/Yoda_being_stupid
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    Peter
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    website: http://users.thelink.net/marengo

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  6. Jenny
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    DJ Delorie said:
    Luna said:

    Three groups of animals who self-limit their food intake, and don't tend to
    get fat when food is unlimited

    Buy three pet rats and have at it.

    It's worth mentioning that rodent pancreases and other parts of their
    glucose metabolism behave slightly differently than human ones in ways
    that would make the results of this particular rat study not entirely
    applicable to humans.

    The only study that would really tell us what we want to know here is
    one done on humans. Don't hold your breath . . . .

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    Low Carbing for 5 years. 140 lbs (goal)

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