Jean-Louis Tu writes:
 > Lynton:
>
 > > Remember Pottinger's(?)  cats?
 > > Same foods:
 > > (1) cooked :
 > > (1.1) cats were infertile in the third generation
 > > (1.2) plants that received the cat's urine all died.

 > > (2) raw:
 > > (2.1) cats fertile thru 9 generations ( when the experiment was
 > stopped).
 > > (2.2) plants that received the cat's urine were bountiful.

 > But we don't have details about *how* the foods were cooked. You can't
 > put steamed vegetables and French fries in the same category.

>From what I have read about the Pottenger experiment, I suspect that
the "cooked" cats have been fed pasteurized milk and cooked meat
*exclusively*. Maybe the outcome of a mixed diet also including a
major part of raw food would have been different. Someone to research?

Another interesting animal experiment that comes to mind was
Dr. Stanley Bass' testing of about one hundred diet variations on
mice. He found that a "normal" mixed cooked diet is not so bad at all
for mice (though he found better diets), while 100% fruit kills mice
within *days*. The offspring of the surviving "fruitarian mice" was
apparently DNA-damaged for generations.

A booklet describing his experiment is available from Chet Day.

Best regards

Christian