Food for Thought

[NY25]

Hmm - I just read a rather timely and interesting articule on BBC News, and in light of our earlier discussion on this topic thought I would share. "Food for thought."

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/6940852.stm

 

[Alana_as]

Whoa! That's interesting...whenever I plan on having children I've always made it a check to eat healthy while I was pregnant and after they were born.

Question though...aren't rats REALLY different compared to humans? Who's to say rats respond the say way as humans? Can anyone clarify that one? teehee


[font color=red]*~LANIE~*[/font]

 

[NY25]

certainly is interesting to consider

 

[EricaH]

I don't know - as the mother of fraternal twins, I can say that my boys' eating habits are extremely different. One is very picky and likes very few healthy foods and the other LOVES fruits and vegetables and will eat just about anything placed in front of him. My diet during my pregnancy with them was not very good. Only a few foods appealed to me - my best friend's baked pasta recipe and McDonalds milkshakes.

Erica

 

[kathryn]

>Question though...aren't rats REALLY different compared to
>humans? Who's to say rats respond the say way as humans? Can
>anyone clarify that one?

Good question. Rats have often been used in studies which are then extrapolated to humans (because you can observe several generations of rats in a rather short time), but... Thalidomide had no adverse effects on rats, but caused birth defects in humans, and researchers long thought that no plant foods contained complete proteins (capable of sustaining human life if used as the sole source of protein), until they realized that rats need more of one type of amino acids than humans do.
So I'd say "humans are not rats.";-)