On Friday 29 Aug 2008 8:36:18 pm Deepa Mohan wrote: > and then, how did the phrase "to have a tiff" come to mean, "to quarrel"?
The body requires glucose for energy. The quickest and easiest source for that glucose is via a meal. The body can mobilize glucose from fat reserves and muscle protein - but will not do that until it signals the brain to make you hungry and tell you to eat. I think everyone knows that Insulin is the hormone that reduces blood sugar levels. That is the hormone that gets secreted after a meal. But when you are hungry the body prepares you for hunting with a set of hormones that work in the opposite ditrection from Insulin. There hormones include adrenaline, steroid hormones and others that have the effect of mobilizing glucose from reserves as well as making your heart beat faster and generally preparing you to hunt for your food with a burst of energy. In other words hunger causes the production of "figh ot flight" hormones in your body that actually cause you to get ready for a fight. Mood changes can occurs as well And that is why Deepa, if you don't have tiffen you could end up having a tiff. And that is why I guess people need to ask if you have E-ate-N. Is it really coincidence that tiff+eaten=tiffen+eat < puts in his thumb, pulls out plum and says what a clever boy am I > shiv
