Cooking is not per say predigestion. My point when taken in context is one that can be found in many nutrition text books and papers and that is that cooking makes many of the nutrients more accessible. I should have used quotes around the term to not have it misunderstood as a literal use. Mea culpa on that score. I sure hope this program does not change culpa yet again. It subbed a different word in twice... My take remains that there are multiple good choices, each with downsides as well as strengths, and that anyone needs to know and accept both for whichever option is used to best protect their ferrets and be able to jump fast when needed. The logical conclusions from that are that imposing guilt upon others for their choices which happen to be different is simply unfair, but learning and accepting that nothing is perfect are wonderful. Food is not religion though personally I do not like an intolerant approach to religion, either. BTW, treating food like religion or imbuing it with mystical powers is so common among people that it is actually studied in anthropology. Look around and you will find that human tendency, perhaps vulnerability, all over the place with a variety of foods and belief systems. Cool,huh? [Posted in FML 6892]