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To: dmz
The properly motivated have access to a plethora of resources from which to choose. It is not a challenge to find good information at all, if one is willing to put in the effort. A good place to start? Your vet. I am blessed with a great one.

Actually, part of the problem *is* the challenge of finding good information. Most of the nutritional information out there is complete trash. I find that nutrition is an area where quackery and emotionalism run high, and science takes a back seat. That is true whether you are talking about human or pet nutrition. I have often observed that, ironically, people who are the most motivated to want to consume a "healthy" diet or feed one to their pets are the ones who fall the hardest for the pseudoscience. They may put a lot of effort into finding information, but it is usually information that matches their biases, not information that is based in solid science.

I have also observed that vets can fall for pseudoscience.

56 posted on 10/25/2013 5:22:20 PM PDT by exDemMom (Current visual of the hole the US continues to dig itself into: http://www.usdebtclock.org/)
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To: exDemMom

I’m no longer sure of what you’re getting at.

There’s lot of pseudoscience out there. Check.
Low information types can fall for pseudoscience. Check.
Some of those falling for pseudoscience are vets. Check.
You are not low information. Check.


59 posted on 10/28/2013 7:28:57 AM PDT by dmz
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