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From: Madeline Mason <[log in to unmask]>
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Sent: Monday, November 26, 2001 2:37 PM
Subject: Re: [P-F] compulsive eating is not the norm but the exception
>(overweight/overeating) happens in no other species except
> domesticated dogs and cats, and they are not victims of "intellectual and
> cultural learning", only availability of food, and a severely adulterated
> diet at that.
>
> If our dogs and cats had to go out to hunt for their food as they did/do
in
> the wild, they would not lie around becoming fat and lazy either. If we
> humans were forced to do the same, compulsive eating/overeating would
vanish
> instantly.
I have known (lived with) several domestic cats and dogs that DIDNT
get fat and lazy !
- aswell as many "domesticated" humans who want fat or lazy either.
But I must admit I know a cat with an eating disorder; and I have
known obese dogs too.
However that is not the norm ( I think)
BTW - commercial cat and dog food surely is not "paleo".
Esben