guter Futterverwerter

English translation: having an inefficient metabolism

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German term or phrase:guter Futterverwerter
English translation:having an inefficient metabolism
Entered by: Dirgis (X)

01:09 Dec 29, 2002
German to English translations [PRO]
Science - Nutrition
German term or phrase: guter Futterverwerter
durch individuelle Unterschiede … lassen sich "gute und schlechte Futterverwerter"erklären.
I know the meaning, but am looking for THE idiomatic term in American English
Dirgis (X)
United States
Local time: 07:25
efficient metabolism
Explanation:
I read this expression quite frequently in nutritional reports and publications.
Antoinette
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Antoinette-M. Sixt Ruth
Local time: 06:25
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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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Summary of answers provided
4 +2efficient metabolism
Antoinette-M. Sixt Ruth
4 +1people (or animals) with good metabolic systems versus
Dr. Fred Thomson
5the other way round
Andrea Fromherz
5guter Futterverwerter = efficient metabolism
Claudia Tomaschek
3 +1metabolic turnover
Nancy Arrowsmith
3 +1Suggestion
Kim Metzger


  

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metabolic turnover


Explanation:
High or low metabolic rate are the sceintific terms. I can't think of anything quite as colloquial as the German.

Nancy Arrowsmith
Local time: 05:25
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish

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agree  swisstell: scientific terms
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Suggestion


Explanation:
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


Kim Metzger
Mexico
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Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
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agree  Elisabeth Ghysels
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efficient metabolism


Explanation:
I read this expression quite frequently in nutritional reports and publications.
Antoinette

Antoinette-M. Sixt Ruth
Local time: 06:25
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in GermanGerman, Native in EnglishEnglish
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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.

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Elisabeth Ghysels: (having an) EFFICIENT (uptake and metabolism) was right; unluckily the asker misinterpreted the facts
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agree  Egmont
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people (or animals) with good metabolic systems versus


Explanation:
those with poor metabolic systems.
With respect to animals you could use "good fodder (or forage) processors versus bad fodder (or forage) processors

Dr. Fred Thomson
United States
Local time: 05:25
Native speaker of: English

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agree  Elisabeth Ghysels: this one is best, since processors is sufficiently general
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the other way round


Explanation:
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.


Andrea Fromherz
Austria
Local time: 12:25
Native speaker of: Native in GermanGerman
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guter Futterverwerter = efficient metabolism


Explanation:
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.

Claudia Tomaschek
Local time: 12:25
Native speaker of: German
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