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I'm Cody Gough.

And I'm Ashley Hamer.

Today you learn about why you wake up hungry after overeating.

Then historian Justin Jample will tell us about what state gifts and other artifacts can tell us about the past.

You'll also learn why birds have hollow bones, and it's not to make them lighter.

But satisfy some curiosity.

It's the day after Thanksgiving here in the US. them lighter. It would satisfy some curiosity.

It's the day after Thanksgiving here in the U.S. and we thought that instead of a listener

question, we'd tackle the science behind something many Americans probably experienced this

morning.

Tell me if this sounds familiar.

You ate a ton of food last night,

yet you woke up hungrier than normal.

What's the deal with that?

Well, it turns out that there's science to it,

and a way to avoid it when your next big holiday meal comes around.

So after you eat any meal, your blood sugar or blood glucose rises.

In response, your pancreas douses your bloodstream with insulin, which travels around to your cells and tells them to let that glucose in.

The cells either convert that glucose to energy, or store it to hopefully use it later.

When you consume a whole lot of sugar and starch, like in the form of mashed potatoes,

stuffing, rolls and pie, your glucose levels spike, leading to an emergency response from your pancreas.

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