> You are even very kind to us of the non hominid form.  Life is full 
> of
> surprises, do any of us really know what is in our bag as we pull 
> away from
> the McDonald's drive through window?

Yes. At a minimum:

Copious/excessive/balanced RDA daily allowances of -

Saturated fats
Cholesterol*
The dread (this decade) carbohydrates.
Sodium
Mystery meat
Fibre
Mercury (trace except with fish meals)
Cardboard (arguably the most appetising & balanced constituent)
Stabilisers
Antioxidants
Sul[f/ph]ur dioxide
Silicon dioxide
TVP (aka Estrogen emulating 'food' products)
AK47 ('falling down' branches only)
FDA101 (all pastry & yellow products only)
Star [GMO(tm)] Maize (Selected states & Canada only)
CMV promoter [GMO(tm)] - (most everything by now)
(you are feeling sleepy ... Monsanto loves you ... when you awake you 
will not remember ...)
Ethyl Mercury (innoculated animal products based products only)
Prions, assorted, totally harmless, relax, no British beef used in the 
production of this product, not a problem here folks, these are not 
the ones you want, move along please. **
Hydrolysed Protein (Of course skin, bone and blood is perfectly good 
as a food product if properly treated, are you mad, these are not the 
ones ...)
Burgers.
Other.


        RM


* Cholesterol dietary intake is largely uncorrelated with blood 
cholesterol levels.

** Strong stomachs only. US govt site. Do you know what YOUR dog is 
eating :-(.
    Sorry Pookie.

    http://www.aphis.usda.gov/lpa/issues/bse/trade/bse_trade_ban_status.html


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