Animal Nutrition From Puppy to Senior Pet
You care deeply about what you feed your animals, choosing what you believe is best, and following recommendations. You trust what’s available. I used to do that, too. As a scientist, I knew how to read pet food labels and understand the ingredients, evaluating the quality for my dog, Ginger. What I didn't understand back then was the fundamental "rule" of good animal nutrition . . . living things need "live" food in order to have vitality and thrive. Even more importantly, the so-called expensive quality food I purchased contained ingredients that harmed her - grains, carbohydrates, poor quality protein, meal, chemical additives, and very likely, toxins and poisons. True pet health needs more than that!
Most commercial pet food—especially kibble and many canned diets—is highly processed and lacks the vitality the body depends on. Over time, that matters. The body relies on real nutrition to repair, regulate, and maintain balance.
When that foundation isn’t there, the system has to work harder just to keep up. You can't out-supplement a poor diet. The right nutrition matters as a strong foundation. Targeted supplements help tremendously when seeking prevention and repair.
Highly Processed Pet Foods Have Minimal Nutritional Value
Poor Animal Nutrition may CAUSE or CONTRIBUTE GREATLY to inflammation, disease, and allergies while also REDUCING your pet's ability to HEAL and FIGHT INFECTION.
What you feed your pet matters more than most people realize. Nutrition plays a major role in how your pet’s body functions, responds, and heals—but most diets fall short of what the body actually needs. Most pets are eating food that keeps them alive—but doesn’t help them thrive.
Effects of Poor Diet On Pet Health
Many health issues can be helped or even resolved with proper nutrition, detoxification and nutritional supplements for pets. Water, for example, is often ignored as an essential ingredient in an animal’s diet. In addition, many commercial foods use plant-based proteins and carbohydrates as fillers. Not only are these ingredients not always helpful, they can, in fact, be harmful, especially to an animal that is already showing signs of illness or stress.
As a result, your pet may suffer from kidney failure, digestive issues, autoimmune diseases, cancer, skin conditions and allergies, to name a few . . . and most, if not all, issues may be alleviated with the proper diet.
How to Make a Raw Food Diet for Dogs
Your dog’s natural diet should contain meat and vegetables – no grains, no potatoes, no rice. If your dog is dealing with canine cancer, the list also excludes sweet potatoes, no carrots, and no peas, all of which are too high in starch and sugar. Meat should also have about 10% organ meat added to it along with ground uncooked bones – soft bones like chicken and turkey backs and necks. Large femur bones from cows contain too much fluoride, which is not good for anyone!
Cats eat meat, no vegetables. Though it may seem that your cat won’t touch meat, either cooked or raw, be patient. Commercial foods are high in salt and sugar which are addictive. It may take some time to convert your animal to a homemade diet.
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