All living organisms need fuel. Each organism thrives consuming the types of food best suited to it. Dogs, cats, horses, trees and humans attain the highest standard of health when they are provided with the most suitable food for their individual species.
Can a deficient diet be overcome by supplying the specific deficient elements in the form of supplements?
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For the record, raw diets do not contain too much protein. Raw animal products contain the ideal amount of protein to nourish our carnivore companions.
According to the USDA nutrient database: A whole raw broiler chicken is 15.5% protein Raw chicken liver is 15% protein A whole raw turkey is 22% protein A beef shank is 21% protein Raw beef liver is 20% protein Raw beef tripe is 12% protein A whole raw egg is 12% protein Keep in mind that the USDA nutrient database does not include the nutrients contained within the bone content because humans aren't generally eating bones.
Without a doubt liver is nature’s super-food and an essential part of a healthy raw diet for cats and dogs. You might think about adding into your own diet too.
Native American’s recognized the nutritional value of liver. In times of abundance, muscle meat (that today is highly sought after) would be discarded for scavengers (including dogs ironically), while the organ meats were always consumed by the people.
ANYTHING TO MAKE A BUCK would be the tag line for processed pet food if there was truth in advertising.
Companies produce "food" without regard for the health of the animals eating it. Big money is spent on advertising but not on quality control. Even though pets are dying from eating processed foods and treats the products continue to be sold. Highly processed commercial diets contribute to the sickness of cats and dogs. Animals often make spectacular improvements in health when taken off all "junk" foods, and are instead fed diets appropriate for their species.
Would you be surprised to learn that there are no regulations controlling or even monitoring the ingredients of tattoo ink? The FDA currently does not regulate tattoo inks.
Most if not all of the pigments used in tattoo inks are manufactured for industrial use such as in printer ink and paint. Pigment manufacturers base their safety information on the assumption that the pigments are used for industrial purposes, not for tattoos. A 2009 study analyzed 13 inks from a single supplier and found the heavy metals cadmium, cobalt, chromium and nickel in all of them. Most of the inks also contained mercury. A 2010 analysis of black inks based on carbon found that most of them contained polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) which are known to be carcinogenic. Visit our new fan page on Facebook and keep track of future giveaway's! This book is all about feeding carnivore cats and dogs a species appropriate diet to promote health, longevity and quality of life. Goodreads Book GiveawayThe Inner Carnivoreby Jennifer LeeGiveaway ends March 15, 2014. See the giveaway details at Goodreads. Come on over the American Council of Animal Naturopathy and check out my guest blog there titled
When "Experts" Lead Us Astray
Why are so many antibiotics prescribed?
Conventional doctors and veterinarians prescribe antibiotics because that is how they were trained to respond to an infection in a patient. Their medical training does not provide them with any other options to deal with infections. Medical training teaches future healthcare professionals that bacteria must be attacked and killed in order to stop infection. Are there side effects to antibiotic use? The gastro-intestinal tract is a mini-eco system of bacteria. It is well documented that antibiotics disturb the natural balance of flora in the gut as they kill off all types of bacteria, good and bad. When the gut flora becomes damaged and out of balance this causes disruptions in the function of the immune system. Opportunistic flora is then able to flourish which causes a further decline in health. "All disease begins in the gut"
Antibiotics broadly damage and destroy bacteria in the gut as well as within other organs. They have the ability to change bacteria, viruses and fungi from benign to pathogenic. Certain types of antibiotics disrupt mitochondrial function, causing damage directly to the animals DNA.
If you own a pet you will at some point be faced with the decision whether to spay or neuter. One facet of being a responsible pet owner is to prevent unwanted pregnancies. The message to pet owners in North America has been to get their pet spayed or neutered. With the rise of the humane animal movement in the 1950’s it gradually became commonplace to have pets surgically sterilized. Beginning in the 1960’s animal rescue groups began instituting policies that all pets would be spayed or neutered prior to adoption. In the 1970’s juvenile kittens and puppies started regularly being spayed/neutered. The driving force behind spay/neuter campaigns has been to reduce the number of animals in shelters by preventing unwanted or unplanned pregnancies. Our intentions were well meaning, but unfortunately our actions have played a role in the development of health conditions in our pets. It’s time to take a look at the facts of this issue and explore all the options for preventing unwanted pregnancies while promoting health in our pets. The AVMA recommends with regards to spaying/neutering “pets should be considered individually, with the understanding that for these pets, population control is a less important concern than is health of each animal.” However, it has been my experience that few veterinarians are evaluating animals as individuals when considering a spay/neuter surgery. Ovariohysterectomy is a surgical procedure where the uterus and ovaries are removed from the body and orchietomy consists of surgically removing the testes. The sexual organs have functions that impact the whole of the animal, not just the capability to reproduce. In reviewing a multitude of studies on the subject it becomes obvious that there are numerous negative consequences observed in spayed/neutered companion animals. |
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