[Freak]

CCK (cholecystokinin): A hormone triggered when protein or fat hits the small intestine. CCK travels via the blood and stimulates the gallbladder to release bile. Bile is released so fat can be emulsified. This process takes time and slows GI motility/stomach emptying. This is why if you take protein or fat it slows absorption of whatever you are eating with it.

[Freak]

Hormones that raise blood sugar: glucagon, epinephrine, cortisol, growth hormone.

[mr_bhana]

Great thread Brent

Very good info

[Freak]

I know these are stats but they provide a humbling perspective:

"1/5 of the world's 6 billion plus people have no land and no possessions at all. They survive on less than $1/day, they lack clean drinking water, and they cannot read or write.

The avg. U.S. house cat receives twice as much protein every day as one of these people, and the cost of keeping that cat is greater than such a person's annual income.

Economists calculate that cutting world hunger and malnutrition in half by 2015 would generate a value of more than $120B in longer, healthier, more productive lives." - pg. 697

References: Whitney, Eleanor and Sharon Rolfes. Understanding Nutrition. Belmont: Wadsworth, 2005.

[JakeVendetta]

I think Freaks telling us to kill house cats?

[chrispghmuscle]

yep to freak. maybe to jake..

Move to where the food is, aka Sam Kannasin

[Freak]

You can kill dogs too.

[chrispghmuscle]

Ouch.. man,, somebody's not going to like that comment..

[Freak]

yeah maybe move it to the off topic section. I'm hypoglycemic right now with no access to reasonable nutrition.

[gringo220]

Originally Posted by Freak

You can kill dogs too.

[Freak]

Don't worry Gringo not to be taken literally. And no Jake that was not the point of my post to kill cats either. Too often we go through life thinking how bad we have it well look at how a billion + other people live..