Re: [pyrnet] Cancer and other diseases

OK, now that I'm a bit more rested, and not as stressed out, let me see if I can explain my way of thinking on this. My theory, concept, philosophy or whatever it can be called, is that Nature, in and of itself is the best selector for survival of a species. A healthy species, in that only the strongest generally survive and go on to reproduce. Since this is no longer possible in a number of instances, things have changed just a bit. We have the advent of vaccines, better health care, and processed foods. I agree with vaccines and better health care, processed foods I'm not happy with. In Nature, if a new challenge presented itself to a species, they would genetically adapt or become extinct. This process would take many generations. My point on the feeding issue is that I "think" that over the years of feeding processed food to our dogs, we have in some ways changed the genetics so that they are more susceptible to certain problems and diseases. (of course there are myriad other factors at work here as well) But just keeping to the subject of what is fed, when dogs (in this case) are not fed a more natural type of diet, over a long period of time there are changes to their immune system and genetics. Selection of course also plays a role. I'm hoping, that as more people feed diets closer to what nature would provide, that immune systems will become stronger, dogs will become less susceptible to certain diseases, and a correlation between what is fed and the overall health of the species will be made apparent. We are what we eat as they say. This is quite oversimplified of course, but I believe it holds true for humans as well as other species. (do I eat as healthily as I feed my dogs? uh-uh. <G>) I just think that diet plays a larger role in total health and survival of a species than we've been led to believe by the science that is provided us by the dog food companies. And in my mind this includes immune related diseases, cancer, and many other problems.