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Originally Posted by Lil Sis

This is a lot of interesting information to me. We used to have a reverse osmosis filters. I need to install one in our new house!!

I have a question about microwaving dog food. I often add pumpkin, some home cooked (a recipe that is vet approved) to my Sam's science hill kidney kibble.. and warm it up. Is that bad?

This is what I got from a on line web-site nutritionist




Do you microwave your pet's meals?


Microwave changes the molecular structure of foods and water so anything that is heated by a microwave becomes toxic to the body. The violent change that microwaving causes to the food molecules creates new life forms called radiolytic compounds. These are mutations that are unknown in the natural world. Ordinary cooking also causes the formation of some radiolytic compounds, which is no doubt one reason why it is better to feed your pet plenty of raw food, but microwave cooking causes a much greater number of these compounds. This then causes deterioration of the blood and immune system. In addition, they found that the number of leucocytes increases after feeding pets microwaved food-something which hematologists take very seriously, because this is often a sign of highly harmful effects, such as poisoning. Also, after feeding microwave food, cholesterol levels increased. Please do not even heat water in a microwave