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[furrbear]

Junk food even has negative impact on cockroaches

Attorneys for the junk food industry have suggested that the tests were unfair and a distortion of the true nutritional value they provide to humans and cockroaches alike. Not really, but it wouldn't surprise anyone if they did. LiveScience:

To find out, Moore and her colleagues picked young female cockroach nymphs and divided them into two dietary groups. Half were fed a good-quality balanced diet of protein-rich fish food and high-carbohydrate oatmeal, while the rest were raised on fish food only.

Both groups were allowed to eat as much as they wanted. The difference in diets "was not quantity but variety," Moore said.

After the last molt, when the nymphs became adults, the team switched the diets of some animals. Half of the cockroaches raised with good quality diet lost their oatmeal, while half of the bugs fed poorly were promoted to a good-quality diet.

Eighteen days after the switch, the diet control ended and some of the surviving cockroaches were dissected. The rest were allowed to live on and reproduce.

The results: While the lifespan of the members of both groups was about the same, the cockroaches on the poor diet were fatter and took longer to mature.

Comments

[mellowtigger]

What I've heard about the falling age of puberty is that hormones tainting our food supply are responsible, not that it's related to the nutritive value of our food.

[grizzlyzone.livejournal.com]

In my old age, I've become lactose-intolerant. I started using fat-free soymilk on my Special K protein plus (wheat, soy and rice) breakfast cereal.

When I mentioned this to my cardiologists, the cardiology assistant blurted out that I was consuming an awful lot of soy, and that might cause me to be "chesty". (Too late.)

I've since switched to lactose-free fat-free milk from dairies that have pledged not to use hormones on their cows, as well, as limited my consumption of soy.

I've also started avoiding red meat, to avoid any residual hormones that might be in the meat, as well as consuming more fruits and vegetables.

[mellowtigger]

Soy is supposed to be feminizing for men, although I don't quite understand how it mimics female hormones. I've used rice milk for many years, though, and I made the switch to it because I liked the taste so much better than soy milk. If you haven't tried any yet, I recommend either the plain for the vanilla varieties.

[grizzlyzone.livejournal.com]

> "Soy is supposed to be feminizing for men..."

Yeah, I've heard that. And, as a fat guy, my "boobs" are big enough.

> "I've used rice milk for many years."

I'll have to check the carb count as compared with lactose-free fat-free milk.

THanks for the recommendation.