While we were processing data in our lab, both Augie and I were study subjects for Sadie Barr (’09), who is working on a independent project on metabolism, funded by a HHMI grant. Here’s a shout-out to her (because she visits us in our lab a lot. She gets lonely in the basement, I think)
She’s looking at how much energy is spent in the digestion of processed verses whole foods. One day, Augie and I both ate two delcious grilled cheese sandwiches on whole bread with sharp cheddar. We ate this meal at 10am, and didn’t eat again until 4! The next day, the meal of the day was kraft singles on WONDERBREAD! Not Delicious! To make sure we had the same number of calories, this sandwich was a double-decker. Each day, Sadie did hourly measurements of our oxygen consumption rate. It was hard to survive 6 HOURS without eating =) Augie almost cheated, because the 2nd day was Free Donut Day at Krispy Kreme.
Good luck to Sadie!
Sadie and Augie show off the food that we snack on all day long. But we couldn't snack while Sadie was measuring our metabolism. Alas!