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Skriven 2006-05-15 09:46:29 av Ruth Haffly (1:396/45.28)
   Kommentar till text 1381 av JOAN MACDIARMID (1:123/140)
Ärende: Aunt Ruth!
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Hi Joan,

 RH> Ok, so it is put in the food artificially.  So, can't a person
 RH> theoretically buy just dog food, add a bit of the chemical and feed it
 RH> to the cat as well?

 JM>  I presume most catfood includes this amino acid because it includes
 JM> meat  in some shape, even powdered. The only cat kibble I would
 JM> suspect of being  augmented artificially would be one advertised as
 JM> vegetarian, and I don't  know if anyone has tried that yet. (And if
 JM> one did, the ideological
 JM>  worriers might wonder where the taurine derived from in the first
 JM> place!  Probably meat wastes!)

Which would drive pure vegetarians crazy. (G) But it is interesting,
some animal foods are actually less full of artifical flavors, colors
and preservatives than the foods put on the market for human
consumption.  I guess it's a case of people will eat anything, animals
won't. (G)


 JM>  background reading on it. I also have seen it in veterinary columns
 JM>  need taurine, either because we just don't require it for any of our
 JM>  essential proteins, or because we might have metabolic means of
 JM> making  our own, which cats do not.
 JM>  Dave gave some better info on this, of course.

 RH> Yes, and since I don't have a pet now nor can ever have one again,
 RH> it's a moot point for me.  However, it's one of those little nuggets of
 RH> information that's nice to keep in the back of the brain; it may get
 RH> me on to "Jeopardy" one of these days. (G)

 JM>  They don't know you have a group-mind behind you, feeding you trivia!
 JM>  Your trick is remembering it in time!

And buzzing in at the right time.  You are locked out until lights
around the board (not sen by home viewers) go off, also whenever another
person rings in, the other buzzers are locked out.  One of those
interesting facts you don't find out about until you're selected, or
know somebody that's been selected. (G)


 JM> my brother  kept a dog on a totally vegetarian diet for a few years,
 JM> yet when a
 JM> child of his refused all fruits and vegetables, he got away with it.
 JM> He  still exists on meats and whatever breads and potatoes are at the

 RH> That kid is missing out on a lot of good stuff in his food choices.
 RH> How did his parents let him get that way?  Most insist that kids
 RH> develop a taste for one or two fruits or vegetables; Rachel says that
 RH> Robert will eat them instead of candy or other sweets.  He can clean up
 RH> a cannister of raisins in nothing flat if she lets him.

 JM>  I am told they tried a lot of stuff, like trying to get him to eat
 JM> tacos  with the salsa and greens, but he just picked them out. He has

Surprised that even corn on the cob was rejected; that's a hit with most
every kid.

 JM>  "diagnosed" as mildly autistic, and I wonder if he might have
 JM> digestion  problems with some vegetables or fruits, but I don't know

The autism could account for not wanting certain colors or tastes.

 JM> about that.
 JM>  Anyway, his parents did try to get him on a normal track, and have
 JM> failed.  I presume their next option is to let him starve until he
 JM> eats his
 JM>  vegetables, but you can get in trouble for that, I suspect. Besides,
 JM>  they have 2 other kids to feed, so how to isolate the fridge? BTW,
 JM> this  isn't a wayward 2YO, he's about 16-17YO now. I guess you can
 JM> exist on
 JM>  a bad diet that long.

And, maybe once he gets out on his own, things will change.  Is this the
kid who's parents use all whole grain pasta/flour/etc?  It could be if
he discovers canned or frozen fruits and vegetables he will like them
better, especially if mom serves them either raw or barely cooked.

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Catch you later,
Ruth
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... Matthew 7:20 | Wherefore by their fruits ye shall know them.

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