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Re:Two conspiracy theories about cola by phonypc on Sunday October 24, 2021 @07:00PM (#28982731)
Worth noting that the "in mice" qualifier might be particularly apropos here.

>According to Taylor, the observations in mice make sense from an evolutionary perspective. "In mammals, especially hibernating mammals in temperate climates, you have fructose being very available in the fall months when the fruit is ripe," he said. "Eating a lot of fructose may help these animals to absorb and convert more nutrients to fat, which they need to get through the winter."

Humans generally don't hibernate.

Re:Two conspiracy theories about cola by imtringued on Monday October 25, 2021 @05:35AM (#28985951)
That just means they get fat for no reason.
Re:Two conspiracy theories about cola by estaseuropano on Monday October 25, 2021 @01:50AM (#28984816)
Mice also don't hibernate.

Our evolution had a lot of steps, so well possible that we too have this feature as in the past it might have been adaptive.