Guest guest Posted December 23, 2005 Report Share Posted December 23, 2005 Not sure about exper rats, but normally they have very small black feces, not like a rabbit. Rabbits of course, do reingest. I've seen dogs reingest dried feces (perhaps not their own). I suspect there are minerals more likely than protein, carbs, fats. It is my contention that humans "waste" calories, because they eat too much. Overfed cattle/turkeys do likewise. Your thoughts on enzymes are interesting, maybe useful for those with low enzymes. Older folks tend to migrate to things they can digest, and use "predigested" food. Regards. [ ] Ugly Subject - Sorry, Has anyone ever checked to see if the rats and mice used in the CRONexperiments ate their own faeces? I ask because I wonder if theyre-digest their food to get maximum absorption of nutrients. It'spossible that re-digested food is more bioavailable than once-digestedfood.K. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted December 23, 2005 Report Share Posted December 23, 2005 Not sure about exper rats, but normally they have very small black feces, not like a rabbit. Rabbits of course, do reingest. I've seen dogs reingest dried feces (perhaps not their own). I suspect there are minerals more likely than protein, carbs, fats. It is my contention that humans "waste" calories, because they eat too much. Overfed cattle/turkeys do likewise. Your thoughts on enzymes are interesting, maybe useful for those with low enzymes. Older folks tend to migrate to things they can digest, and use "predigested" food. Regards. [ ] Ugly Subject - Sorry, Has anyone ever checked to see if the rats and mice used in the CRONexperiments ate their own faeces? I ask because I wonder if theyre-digest their food to get maximum absorption of nutrients. It'spossible that re-digested food is more bioavailable than once-digestedfood.K. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted December 23, 2005 Report Share Posted December 23, 2005 K, Well-designed studies of caloric restriction always try to avoid coprophagia. See for example: http://www.pubmedcentral.nih.gov/articlerender.fcgi?artid=1087503 " The animals were individually housed in wire-bottom stainless steel cages avoiding coprophagia. " Tony > > Has anyone ever checked to see if the rats and mice used in the CRON > experiments ate their own faeces? I ask because I wonder if they > re-digest their food to get maximum absorption of nutrients. It's > possible that re-digested food is more bioavailable than once-digested > food. > > K. > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted December 23, 2005 Report Share Posted December 23, 2005 K, Well-designed studies of caloric restriction always try to avoid coprophagia. See for example: http://www.pubmedcentral.nih.gov/articlerender.fcgi?artid=1087503 " The animals were individually housed in wire-bottom stainless steel cages avoiding coprophagia. " Tony > > Has anyone ever checked to see if the rats and mice used in the CRON > experiments ate their own faeces? I ask because I wonder if they > re-digest their food to get maximum absorption of nutrients. It's > possible that re-digested food is more bioavailable than once-digested > food. > > K. > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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