The Evils of Carbs [for Humans & Cats] Plus Dogsomnia
Dog Talk (And Kitties Too!) (12-19-2021) #758: Featuring Tara Parker-Pope, and Dr.Elizabeth Hodgkins. Tara Parker Pope, the author and New York Times columnist talks about her recent article “Does ‘Dogsomnia’ Keep You Up at Night?” and a Mayo Clinic study of how sleep is affected by dogs in your bed or bedroom, sharing her own experiences in co-sleeping with dogs or children; Dr. Elizabeth Hodgkins responds to the recent Harvard University press release about the “5 Foods You Shouldn’t Eat” with sugar (the simplest carbohydrate) and carb-heavy foods being the named culprits, yet she and Tracie discuss the human food industry’s effectiveness in soft-pedaling the health horrors of sugar while encouraging more people to eat more of it; in their second conversation, Dr. Elizabeth and Tracie reiterate their concern about the addictive qualities of dry food for cats which they call “kitty crack,” and the life-threatening evils of carbs for cats.