Eating cat
food
G'day G'day
Folks,
The thought of eating
cat food sounds quite preposterous. As is my wont I enjoy a
preposterous thought along with my morning coffee just so I can
experience what it is really like to be awake. Of course being a
conservative bloke I don't intend eating cat food ... not even when
I'm an old age pensioner.
So why think such a
preposterous thought?
Well some humans need
more alpha lipoic acid they can ever obtain from diet. Spinach is
supposed to be on of the better sources. 1 cup of spinach provides 1
mg of alpha lipoic acid. WOW!?
Does 400 cups of
spinach to meet a diabetics requirements for alpha lipoic acid
appeal? Nah.
My next thought is
whether I could make my own alpha lipoic acid. Humans apparently
synthesize alpha lipoic acid from alpha-linolenic acid. Hey, that is
good news since flax fibre is a major component of my diet. (Ha, ha,
ha to all you piscatorial types who by pass alpha-linolenic acid and
go directly for EPA and DHA.) Of course the conversion of alpha
linolenic acid to alpha lipoic acid requires sulphur. Not elemental
sulphur but sulphur present in amino acids. That is where cat food
and taurine come in. Cats and humans appear to have a higher taurine
requirement than most other animals. Human milk has a much higher
percentage of taurine than cow's milk. Of course taurine isn't
essential for humans as it is for cats. Cats go blind in a couple of
years without taurine. But hey, diabetes isn't essential for humans
and that doesn't mean some of us can live without it. So there it is,
I could make my own taurine from cysteine or eat cat food.
Life is simple when you
understand the choices. <grin>
Bye for now while I go
and plan a conservative line of action.
There is nothing a dog
likes more than chasing cats. So if you are interested you could
visit the Feline Fact Library.
http://www.felinefuture.com/fact/nutrition/taurine.html
OK so they can't spell
fict but hey, roast lamb is TWICE as good as beef as a source of
taurine. And I really must include paua aka abalone in my diet this
season. Come back soon.
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