Kot: The average cat food meal is the equivalent to about five mice

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Central nesfatin-1 reduces the nocturnal food intake in mice by reducing meal size and increasing inter-meal intervals

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Determination of Dextrose Equivalent Value and Number Average Molecular Weight of Maltodextrin by Osmometry. ABSTRACT: Dextrose equivalent (DE) value is the most common parameter used to characterize the molecular weight of maltodextrins. Its theoretical value is inversely proportional to number average molecular weight ( M n ), providing a theoretical basis for correlations with physical properties important to food manufacturing, such as: hygroscopicity, the glass transition temperature, and colligative properties. The use of freezing point osmometry to measure DE and M n was assessed. Measurements were made on a homologous series of malto‐oligomers as well as a variety of commercially av…

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Food intake and meal patterns of mice under various schedules of food reinforcement.

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Python metabolomics uncovers a conserved postprandial metabolite and gut-brain feeding pathway.. Most mammals consume small and frequent meals. By contrast, pythons are ambush predators that exhibit extreme feeding and fasting patterns and provide a unique model for uncovering molecular mediators of the postprandial response 1-3 . Using untargeted metabolomics, we show that circulating levels of the metabolite para-tyramine-O-sulphate (pTOS) are increased more than 1,000-fold in pythons after a single meal. In pythons, pTOS production occurs in a microbiome-dependent manner via sequential decarboxylation and sulphation of dietary tyrosine. In both pythons and mice, pTOS administration activ…

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