Glenn Lyford wrote:
Chemicals in the pet food??

Yeah, it's an attitude that really irritates me. Sorry in advance if
this rant is preaching to the choir:

Chemicals, you know, stuff like proteins, carbohydrates, essential
minerals, all those things which sound real scary when you break them
down to their actual chemical name rather than their common name.

Which is scarier: Sugar, Sucrose, saccharose, C12H22O11, or β-D-
fructofuranosyl-(2→1)-α-D-glucopyranoside? Yet nothing has changed
except the preconceptions of the reader.

Did you know you table salt contains sodium chloride and water
contains hydrogen and hydroxide ions in a solution of dihydrogen
monoxide? All life is chemistry. To claim anything less is fear
mongering and sophistry. "Added chemicals" can simply mean any added
ingredient, including water.

So any claim like this which blames something on "chemicals" without
naming the particular ones irritates me. It's all chemicals, as are
you and I and the dog. I for one refuse to give in to the mindless
hysterical handwaving at any mere mention of "chemicals" as if they're
all magically bad and unnatural. Look up the formula for any number
of "natural" ingredients and look at their chemical complexity. Just
because it comes from a source you can identify, like "an apple",
doesn't automatically make something safe or pure. Coal is natural,
dirt is natural, dog hair is natural, dead bugs are natural, but I'm
not rushing to add them to my or my pets' food.

Thanks for letting me rant,
--Glenn Lyford

Ewwww, chemicals!!!!

Have you seen the Penn and Teller video clip about signing a
petition banning dihydrogen monoxide?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yi3erdgVVTw

FurPaw

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