How Important is Nutrition in Generations to Come?

An experiment of over ten years was carried out several decades ago by a Dr. Francis Marion Pottenger. His interest was the effects of diet on laboratory animals- cats. He chose to study the effects of raw versus cooked diet. He fed half of the cats raw meat and raw milk, and the other half were fed cooked meat and pasteurized milk. Rapid deterioration was observed in the group that was fed cooked meat and milk, whereas the other group continued to flourish. Evidence of problems in the first cooked-diet group were in reproduction, such as miscarriages. The mothering behavior began to deteriorate, along with the coat becoming dull and rough. By the second generation the kittens in the cooked-group were so vicious they had to be handled with protective equipment. Does this sound like something children are experiencing today (ADD and ADHD come to mind.)? Next, skeletal melformations began to show, and by the third generation cats were unable to reproduce and died.

The experiment shows the powerful effects of diet in generations to follow. Makes you wonder if we, or generations to follow, may be guinea pigs in a mass scale experiment of a highly industrialized living? Is our present civilization already a part of Pottenger's experiment?


Pottenger's Cats . . .
Dr. Francis M. Pottenger, Jr., MD. He was dedicated to the cause of preventing chronic illness and made significant contributions to the understanding of the role of nutrition in maintaining good health. His chance observation regarding the effect of foods on the mortality rate of cats led to his classical experiments in cat feeding. More than 900 cats were studied over ten years. (to see the study click on the link below)
http://www.price-pottenger.org/Articles/PottsCats.htm