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There's an old episode of "Friends" where Joey eats an entire Thanksgiving turkey in a single sitting. "Whoof," Joey groans as he pushes the bare bird
carcass away from his bloated person. "Here come the meat sweats." Perhaps you know what Joey is talking about. Perhaps you've eaten one too many burgers
at a summer barbecue, or taken one too many servings of ham at the holiday table, and then suddenly needed to change into drier clothes. Or perhaps you've
just watched the annual Nathan's Hot Dog Eating Championship on TV and marveled at the profuse amounts of perspiration steaming off the contestants' faces
as they shoved dog after dog into their herculean mouths. As silly as they sound, "meat sweats" - the phenomenon of intense sweating that can follow an
excessively meaty meal - sure seem real to those who've experienced them. But is there any science to back them up? Are meat sweats a real biological
condition - and, if so, what makes meat so messy? While you won't find "meat sweats" mentioned in any medical dictionaries, you can find plenty of literature
on the digestive mechanisms that make them possible. According to Keya Mukherjee, a biochemistry graduate student at Texas A&M University who specializes
in carbohydrate metabolism, it all has to do with how your body breaks down protein. "Proteins are extremely complex molecules and require a lot more
energy than fats or carbohydrates to metabolize," or break down, Mukherjee told Live Science. "If you're eating a lot-of protein in your diet and you're
carcass away from his bloated person. "Here come the meat sweats." Perhaps you know what Joey is talking about. Perhaps you've eaten one too many burgers
at a summer barbecue, or taken one too many servings of ham at the holiday table, and then suddenly needed to change into drier clothes. Or perhaps you've
just watched the annual Nathan's Hot Dog Eating Championship on TV and marveled at the profuse amounts of perspiration steaming off the contestants' faces
as they shoved dog after dog into their herculean mouths. As silly as they sound, "meat sweats" - the phenomenon of intense sweating that can follow an
excessively meaty meal - sure seem real to those who've experienced them. But is there any science to back them up? Are meat sweats a real biological
condition - and, if so, what makes meat so messy? While you won't find "meat sweats" mentioned in any medical dictionaries, you can find plenty of literature
on the digestive mechanisms that make them possible. According to Keya Mukherjee, a biochemistry graduate student at Texas A&M University who specializes
in carbohydrate metabolism, it all has to do with how your body breaks down protein. "Proteins are extremely complex molecules and require a lot more
energy than fats or carbohydrates to metabolize," or break down, Mukherjee told Live Science. "If you're eating a lot-of protein in your diet and you're
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