Pet Prattle and Products

In spite of decades of evidence, the forty year old campaign to remove table scraps from your pets diet has been, and continues to be a huge success. Why? You can understand profit motivated pet stores, but veterinarians? In spite of decades of mounting medical evidence, thousands of veterinarians sell manufactrured dog food directly to their customers. People who opt for a natural diet for themselves and their dogs are often villified for thinking outside the box.

Nothing is ever that black or white.

Unfortunately, most diets consist of fast food and prepackaged meals. No wonder they feed their cats and dogs the equivalent. And yet, the demand for convenience is also slowly killing us, and our pets. Convenience foods contain lots of MSG, which is addictive. Kibble is so tasteless that starting in the late1990s, pet food manufacturers began spraying it with recycled restaurant grease (reused for days at carcinogenic temperatures)! Why? Just to give this otherwise tasteless dog food substitute some flavor!

The incidence of cancer, heart conditions and strokes are all steadily rising. Diet related illnesses, such as diabetes, inflammatory bowel disease, colitis, Crohns disease and obesity are at the minimum common place, and some are epidemic.

Pets, like the people who own them, are not being fed properly. Health is all about taking personal responsibilty.

Processed foods can be directly linked to poor health. They are slowly killing North Americans and their pets. The proof of this fact tens-of-millions of people, and their pets, are under medical care and taking multiple medications. Some people might argue that humans and animals are living longer, but what about quality of life?

Meds are a magic bullet with dire consequences. Meds do not heal, they work by overriding the body’s immune system- a system that is not working because it is not getting the balanced nutrients it needs to function properly. When meds are administered long-term the body’s natural immune systems will completely shut down. Once that happens the body needs the meds to do what it no longer can- defend against illness and disease.

If you do not have a good understanding of nutrition and read the label of any dry pet food, you would be impressed. Pet food manufacturers are genius at making waste product and by-product ingredients appear like something special. Case in point: A forty-pound bag of human-grade corn meal (linked to diabetes) costs nearly $120! So how can a 40 pound bag of dog food cost around $13?

What can possibly be nutritious in your pets food when 40 pounds of human-grade corn meal filler costs nearly ten times that of the entire bag? You really need to know.