Since at least 1997, a laboratory at the USDA Agricultural Research Service (ARS) has been creating “animal models of obesity” by force-feeding mice and hamsters high-fat foods including hamburgers, French fries, pizza, and pound cake. The experimenters then feed the animals by-products of tomatoes, blueberries, carrots, olives, mushrooms and—in collaboration with the wine industry—Chardonnay, Cabernet … Continue reading Hamsters Stuffed with Pizza and Wine Grapes