Comments on: Even Rats Prefer Organic Food http://healthfreedoms.org/2009/11/23/even-rats-prefer-organic-food/ Protect & Preserve Your Health Freedom Thu, 29 Jul 2010 23:28:12 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Danielle http://healthfreedoms.org/2009/11/23/even-rats-prefer-organic-food/comment-page-1/#comment-4054 Danielle Sat, 05 Dec 2009 02:36:13 +0000 http://healthfreedoms.org/?p=7465#comment-4054 Right on for the smartypants rats!!!!! Woohoo! We can all learn a thing or two from animals who live in balance n harmony on this grand earth! I loathe gmo foods,ew! Ann Fonfa,that is very right on questioning you raised! Thanks I wish it went somewhere though. I agree with you it is very interesting. Right on for the smartypants rats!!!!! Woohoo! We can all learn a thing or two from animals who live in balance n harmony on this grand earth! I loathe gmo foods,ew!

Ann Fonfa,that is very right on questioning you raised! Thanks I wish it went somewhere though. I agree with you it is very interesting.

]]> By: Ann Fonfa http://healthfreedoms.org/2009/11/23/even-rats-prefer-organic-food/comment-page-1/#comment-3815 Ann Fonfa Wed, 25 Nov 2009 17:09:24 +0000 http://healthfreedoms.org/?p=7465#comment-3815 I have always found it interesting that rats and other laboratory animals are fed a 'healthy' diet. Of course it in no way resembles what they would eat in the 'wild' as it is usually powdered food. I raised this issue at many grant review meetings (as an advocate for people with cancer), often pointing out that rats and mice don't consumer junk food, drink soda, eat candy, ignore nutrititious foods most of the time the way humans do, (especially children in the USA) and thus make less likely test subjects than is generally thought (aside from the question of using animals at all for testing). No one has an answer in the scientific community. So it is very cool to note that the animals themselves can make really healthier choices! I love it. I have always found it interesting that rats and other laboratory animals are fed a ‘healthy’ diet. Of course it in no way resembles what they would eat in the ‘wild’ as it is usually powdered food.

I raised this issue at many grant review meetings (as an advocate for people with cancer), often pointing out that rats and mice don’t consumer junk food, drink soda, eat candy, ignore nutrititious foods most of the time the way humans do, (especially children in the USA) and thus make less likely test subjects than is generally thought (aside from the question of using animals at all for testing). No one has an answer in the scientific community.
So it is very cool to note that the animals themselves can make really healthier choices! I love it.

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