On Wed, 30 Jan 2002 11:09:43 -0500, Todd Moody <[log in to unmask]>
wrote:

>And for emergency exertion.  It makes sense that we have a
>reservoir of glucose to keep the nervous system going, and for
>emergencies when we need "turbo-charged" effort.
>

Ok, that makes sense (glycogen only for high octane purposes).

Particularly if you think of relative frequent starvation times.

But not if you consider the time after eating.
Then natural carb is high.
For a well fed primate with good access to good carbohydrates, It would be
the most common state. Then it would be best to burn  food in the moment,
without any indirections into storage.

I don't believe in a general human tendency to build fat storages "for
survival". We come from a area with little seasons and are not hibernating.
Fat storages beyond a few kilos were as unfavourable as today.

The best way is not to store energy, but to have it readily available and
*use* it. Instead, the way into storage is easy and mobilization of storage
seems slow. Food is eaten and not available for usage but only storage.

It's a quest to open up the fuel channels into the cells instead of the
storage.

Amadeus