High Sugar Content of Modern Fruit Varieties Causing Illnesses in Zoo Animals
October 1st, 2018Via: Sydney Morning Herald:
Selective breeding has made the fruit we eat so full of sugar, Melbourne Zoo has had to wean its animals off it.
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“The issue is the cultivated fruits have been genetically modified to be much higher in sugar content than their natural, ancestral fruits,” says Dr Michael Lynch, the zoo’s head vet.
“It’s interesting. After doing a lot with nutrition here, I tend to eat less fruit.”
Monkeys love bananas. But now, says Dr Lynch, the zoo’s primates don’t get any fruit at all.
Research Credit: DF
