As a hopefully interesting aside: rodent studies that work with diabetes usually have mice or rats that are pre-disposed to T2D, but they kick it off by a few w

As a hopefully interesting aside: rodent studies that work with diabetes usually have mice or rats that are pre-disposed to T2D, but they kick it off by a few weeks on what is known in the literature as the "American Diet". It's higher in fat and carbs, and while the "standard diet" is brown, grainy, and pretty solid, the higher fat diet is slick, crumbly, and either bright pink or the same color as congealed fat.