Glossary entry (derived from question below)
German term or phrase:
guter Futterverwerter
English translation:
having an inefficient metabolism
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Dirgis (X)
Dec 29, 2002 01:09
21 yrs ago
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German term
guter Futterverwerter
German to English
Science
Nutrition
durch individuelle Unterschiede … lassen sich "gute und schlechte Futterverwerter"erklären.
I know the meaning, but am looking for THE idiomatic term in American English
I know the meaning, but am looking for THE idiomatic term in American English
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Sep 9, 2008 16:16: Steffen Walter changed "Field (write-in)" from "nutrition" to "(none)"
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efficient metabolism
I read this expression quite frequently in nutritional reports and publications.
Antoinette
Antoinette
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Comment: "You got me on the right track by making me search for melabolic efficiency on the web. Actually, someone who is metabolically efficient is a bad "Futterverwerter", since they need little energy supply. A "guter Futterverwerter" is metabolically inefficient and can therefore consume more food without gaining weight."
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metabolic turnover
High or low metabolic rate are the sceintific terms. I can't think of anything quite as colloquial as the German.
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Suggestion
If this is in reference to animals, it would be efficient feeders vs. delicate feeders. In reference to humans you might go with people with efficient and poor digestion.
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Note added at 2002-12-29 02:20:25 (GMT)
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This is from a German/English website on cattle
Galloways produce prime beef due to their excellent digestion of fodder even if the nutritive substances available
are poor.
http://www.galloway.de/asite/quell/info/_queleng.htm
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Note added at 2002-12-29 02:20:25 (GMT)
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This is from a German/English website on cattle
Galloways produce prime beef due to their excellent digestion of fodder even if the nutritive substances available
are poor.
http://www.galloway.de/asite/quell/info/_queleng.htm
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people (or animals) with good metabolic systems versus
those with poor metabolic systems.
With respect to animals you could use "good fodder (or forage) processors versus bad fodder (or forage) processors
With respect to animals you could use "good fodder (or forage) processors versus bad fodder (or forage) processors
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Elisabeth Ghysels
: this one is best, since processors is sufficiently general
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the other way round
Hi there, I thought it was rather the other way round?! A "guter Futterverwerter" is someone who has a very efficient metabolism and can therefore consume less food i.e. processes/metabolises the food in a way to use it more efficienty and therefore puts on more weight.
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guter Futterverwerter = efficient metabolism
Hi Antoinette,
You definitely got it wrong. Someone who is said to be ein guter Futterverwerter gets very easily overweight because the metabolism extracts most of the energy from the food. I know it from personal experience. "Verwerten" means "to utilize" ie. someone who utilizes the food intake very well is producing a lot of energy from less food - someone who functions like a 4 liter engine :-) On the contrary, someone who is said to be "ein schlechter Futterverwerter" operates like a 18 liter engine and can eat cake the whole day without getting fat.
You definitely got it wrong. Someone who is said to be ein guter Futterverwerter gets very easily overweight because the metabolism extracts most of the energy from the food. I know it from personal experience. "Verwerten" means "to utilize" ie. someone who utilizes the food intake very well is producing a lot of energy from less food - someone who functions like a 4 liter engine :-) On the contrary, someone who is said to be "ein schlechter Futterverwerter" operates like a 18 liter engine and can eat cake the whole day without getting fat.
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