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Cat Forum / Health and Behavior / July 2005Genetics Leave Felines Without Sweet Tooth
<http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=624&e=2&u=/ap/feline_sweet_gene> http://tinyurl.com/ag6q8 -mhd ><http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=624&e=2&u=/ap/feline_sweet_gene> > >http://tinyurl.com/ag6q8 > >-mhd If this is true, why does my cat go nuts over Twinkies? He also likes French Vanilla flavored yogurt. >><http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=624&e=2&u=/ap/feline_sweet_gene> >> [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] > > He also likes French Vanilla flavored yogurt. If I give TuTu a small piece of waffle she will lick off all the Log Cabin syrup. MLB ><http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=624&e=2&u=/ap/feline_sweet_gene> > > [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] > > He also likes French Vanilla flavored yogurt. They say they may be able to smell sweet but not taste it. >><http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=624&e=2&u=/ap/feline_sweet_gene> >> [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] > >He also likes French Vanilla flavored yogurt. How does that contradict the article? -mhd >>><http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=624&e=2&u=/ap/feline_sweet_gene> >>> [quoted text clipped - 9 lines] > >-mhd Wasn't trying to contradict, was asking a question. Unless I am reading the article wrong, my cat shouldn't be able to taste the sweetness of the Twinkie or yogurt, correct? Maybe there is some other reason why he likes them, such as the smell, as Karen pointed out. Maybe I should suggest a Twinkie flavored (or smelling?) cat food to Mars Inc? I wonder how it would go over... > Wasn't trying to contradict, was asking a question. > > Unless I am reading the article wrong, my cat shouldn't be able to > taste the sweetness of the Twinkie or yogurt, correct? he likes them because of the fat content. Cats are instinctual. Any food which will help them store energy will be favored - this includes food high in nutrients like liver and spleen, and high-fatty foods. Wild cats will often eat the liver and spleen of a kill first. The liver is favored because of nutient content AND fat content. -L. I heard the story on NPR this morning, it was interesting. They ended the segment talking about people who swear their cats like sweet things like ice cream or cake. They said it would be very, very rare for a cat to know it was sweet -- but they like some sweet things because of the fat. Rhonda > If this is true, why does my cat go nuts over Twinkies? > > He also likes French Vanilla flavored yogurt. > <http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=624&e=2&u=/ap/feline_sweet_gene> > > http://tinyurl.com/ag6q8 > > -mhd >"Because cats can't taste sweets, they're cranky," joked Joseph Brand< Heh. I'd be cranky, too. Except, I'd probably also be skinny! damnsweets! pam :) > <http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=624&e=2&u=/ap/feline_sweet_gene> > > http://tinyurl.com/ag6q8 > > -mhd I was reading about this in the newspaper today. I don't believe cats can't taste sweets. One of mine goes bunkers for anything sweet, especially Cool Whip. If I recall, the study was only on 6 cats and was done by Mars, who makes catfood. Lauren See my cats: http://community.webshots.com/album/56955940rWhxAe > <http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=624&e=2&u=/ap/feline_sweet_gene> > > http://tinyurl.com/ag6q8 I read years ago that cats supposedly don't like sweets. Granted, that's not quite what this article stated. Otoh, one of my cats did like sweet foods, & despite a couple of the quotes in this article stating the opposite, she was *not* a finicky eater - by any stretch of the imagination. Cathy > -mhd |
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