IS IT SAFE TO EAT DOG FOOD?
Michael Neilson, Dearborn, MI
Surprisingly, if you chow on some Alpo once in a while, you’ll be just fine. “Dog food is rich in nutrients, so it’s like having a multivitamin in your food source,” says Joseph Wakshlag, assistant professor of clinical nutrition at Cornell University. But because dogs require more minerals than humans do, not just your breath will suffer long-term. The average man would need about five to seven cups of fatty, mineral-rich dog food a day, which could cause liver damage and obesity. Eating only poodle grub would also lead to vitamin C deficiency and the pirate scourge known as scurvy. If your breath doesn’t scare off all of womankind, your peg leg and angry parrot will.