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03-03-05, 09:18 AM	#16
kpugh Member Join Date: Jan-2005 Location: near Saskatoon, SK Posts: 61	I just skimmed that paper I posted, and it said that python metabolisms increase by 44% after a meal, and only 8-10% after exercise. That signficantly increased metabolic rate, with corresponding increase oxygen consumption, could quite likely explain any negative effects of power feeding...but that is just my guess...

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