HEALTH & LONGEVITY THROUGH NUTRITION

FOOD IS THE KEY TO A HEALTHY BODY

Nutrient Dense Bioavailable Life-Enhancing

So, what are pets supposed to eat? "FOOD!"
LIKE THE PREY THEY EAT IN THE WILD
Like we eat!

“Since the Dawn of mankind, what one eats has been related to how long and how well one can survive in the world.” ~Paul Reynolds, Poet and Yoga Instructor
  • Raw Meaty Bones, Fish, Meat
  • Small Percentage of Organ Meat (Offal)
  • Small Percentage of Vegetables, Fruits
  • OK to add supplements like kelp, fish or flax oil, herbs, greens (spirulina, chlorella), etc.
  • Carbs are controversial. We’ll talk about them later. A little works to feed the gut bacteria. A lot is usually unnecessary filler.
  • VIDEO Intro to feeding Raw
DOGS BODIES ARE DESIGNED TO LIVE 25-30 YEARS. What, that’s not what your vet told you? Would you choose a mechanic who told you your new car would only last 8-10 years? If they are telling us dogs only live 8-12 years, that's a clue that we are talking to the wrong people. They aren’t using the right tools for nutrition and health because their core training and education doesn't believe these things contribute to health or longevity. We are putting sand in our pet’s “gas tanks” and then trying to "medicate them to wellness", all the while just pouring different kinds of sand into their systems. Of course this includes toxic medicines full of side effects. It’s the Emperor’s New Clothes – how long will we follow along? Just because you yell louder than anyone else while wearing a white coat, doesn't make you right.

CONSIDER THIS: A recent report states that the natural lifespan of dogs is around 30 years, whereas these days few live beyond 10 years. Many vets report that a large number of domestic animals die prematurely from liver and kidney failure due to heavy metal toxicity. Animals have very sensitive endocrine systems that are often even more intolerant to toxins than humans. Pet food is the main culprit in making our four legged friends ill. And not just physically. The ingredients in processed food can make a dog hyperactive, lethargic, irritable, even aggressive. Dogs on a natural food diet are calmer, more attentive, easier to train and generally better behaved.

A growing number of veterinarians state that processed pet food is the main cause of illness and premature death in the modern dog and cat. In December 1995, the British Journal of Small Animal Practice published a paper contending that processed pet food suppresses the immune system and leads to liver, kidney, heart and other diseases. Pentobarbital, a drug frequently used to euthanize pets, continues to be found in pet food – from pets, cattle and horses that have been euthanized using pentobarbital and then sent to rendering plants. According to University of Minnesota researchers, the sodium pentobarbital used to euthanize pets “survives rendering without undergoing degradation”. Besides being used to stop an animal’s heart, pentobarbital in smaller doses is known to cause chronic and degenerative diseases. Rendering plants process decomposing animal carcasses, large roadkill and euthanized dogs and cats into a dry protein product that is sold to the pet food industry. One small plant in Quebec, Ontario, renders 10 tons (22,000 pounds) of dogs and cats per week. The Quebec Ministry of Agriculture states that “the fur is not removed from dogs and cats” and that “dead animals are cooked together with viscera, bones and fat at 115° C (235° F) for 20 minutes”. Fat stabilizers are introduced into the finished rendered product to prevent rancidity. Common chemical stabilizers include BHA (butylated hydroxyanisole) and BHT (butylated hydroxytoluene) – both known to cause liver and kidney dysfunction – and ethoxyquin, a suspected carcinogen. Many semi-moist dog foods contain propylene glycol – first cousin to the anti-freeze agent, ethylene glycol that destroys red blood cells. Lead frequently shows up in pet foods, even those made from livestock meat and bone meal. A Massachusetts Institute of Technology study, titled “Lead in Animal Foods”, found that a nine-pound cat fed on commercial pet food ingests more lead than the amount considered potentially toxic for children. Mycotoxins, potentially deadly fungal toxins that multiply in moldy grains, have been repeatedly found in pet foods. In 1995, Nature’s Recipe recalled tons of their dog food after dogs became ill from eating it. “Vegetable protein”, the mainstay of dry dog foods, includes ground yellow corn, wheat shorts and middlings, soybean meal, rice husks, peanut meal and peanut shells (identified as “cellulose” on pet food labels). These often are little more than the sweepings from milling room floors. Stripped of their oil, germ and bran, these “proteins” are deficient in essential fatty acids, fat-soluble vitamins and antioxidants. “Animal protein” in commercial pet foods can include diseased meat, road kill, contaminated material from slaughterhouses, fecal matter as well as rendered cats and dogs and poultry feathers. Harmful chemicals and preservatives are added to both wet and dry food. For example, sodium nitrite, a coloring agent and preservative and potential carcinogen, is a common additive. Other preservatives include ethoxyquin (an insecticide that has been linked to liver cancer) and BHA and BHT, chemicals also suspected of causing cancer. The average dog can consume as much as 26 pounds of preservatives every year from eating commercial dog foods.
THIS IS THE “HEALTHY, NATURAL” DOG FOOD MOST COMMERCIAL COMPANIES AND VETS ARE SELLING YOU!

PET FOOD RECALLS: VOLUNTARY. No pet food manufacturer is required by law or any federal, state or vet association to report or recall any food, no matter how toxic. Why do we put our trust in people with this mindset? SOME REPORTED STATISTICS KILLED BY KIBBLE: 2007 -10,000 dogs *reported, 2016: Purina 4,000 reported

GREAT BOOKS
  1. Food Pets Die For


Online INFORMATION
Truth about Pet Food --

WHAT IS FOOD FOR ANYWAY?

WHO KNOWS ABOUT NUTRITION?

WHAT DOES A VET KNOW ABOUT NUTRITION ANYWAY? *Regular Vets do not have a proper education in NUTRITION. They are taught about a week’s course either by one of the major commercial dog food manufacturing companies or by instructors whose instruction books only include foods like Purina, Science Diet, Eukanuba/Iams, Hills, Nutro. Sort of like Hostess training your MD to teach you about your food choices. Official Veterinary Nutrition text books have pet food manufacturer's logos printed on the cover.

WHY veterinarians don't understand the Equine Species-Biologically Appropriate Diet: Kenneth C. Bovee, DVM, MMedSc, University of Pennsylvania. "If we as professional veterinarians are uncertain about the facts concerning a controversy, we are likely to put ourselves in someone else's hands who appears to have authority. Power to command this authority is in the hands of commercial advertisements that promote these special products with misleading messages. Marketing is aggressively aimed at veterinarians and owners alike.
There is a profit motive for veterinarians to sell these diets. The public has a nutritional mania and preoccupation with diet in our society. Dietary change has assumed the status of medical treatment using such terms as intervention, maintenance, and correction.
The profession and the public do not appreciate that advertising claims come without proof in the case of diets. Owners can easily be enrolled to accept such diet change because they feel they are involved in doing something constructive.
Professional responsibility has been lost in this case. The situation can remind us that we are part of an uncritical profession with little review or standards."
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On another note, one veterinary school instructor told her students about an experiment where they made a food out of leather boots, old tires, peanut hulls, and more non-food items, that met the pet food companies nutrient requirements. According to the Association of American Veterinary Medical Colleges (AAVMC) there are 32 veterinary medical colleges in the United States and Canada. They require 0-3 credits of nutrition to graduate, depending on the school. Total credits to graduate, 46-79 per school. Source: www.aavmc.org Find a holistic Vet and you will have an educated resource to consult with. Still, do your own research and use your instinct, your pet has chosen you to be the caretaker, not a third party.


FAVORITE RESEARCH
LEARNING ABOUT FOOD & YOUR PETS

Scientific: What do dogs eat?
Dr. Connor Brady, DVM (Ireland)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qB8GQdUv4NY

PRE-MADE &
CONVENIENCE FOODS
​IF YOU CAN’T MAKE YOUR OWN: What do we like?

Current Update: Pet Food-FDA Regulation
http://truthaboutpetfood.com/death-by-dog-food-a-critical-examination-of-pet-food-regulation-in-the-united-states/
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RATINGS ON SPECIFIC COMMERCIALS BRANDS OF PET FOOD
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HAVE TO HAVE DRIED FOOD?
​TO BE UPDATED
JUST REMEMBER: Dried food stresses the kidneys and eventually the entire body. Designed for convenience, not HEALTH. Most kidney disease in pets can be traced back to years of kibble stressing the system.CAUTION: despite fancy words and labels, there are only 3 companies in the USA from which ALL commercial dry pet food companies source their meats. (Dr. Ihor Basko, DVM). All end up with meat from China where meat sources are suspect at best. They are not required by any law to report where they source their meat and other ingredients. Recently reports of melamine (pressed board), many toxic chemicals, pesticides in Chinese sources.

SUPPLEMENTS
Can be helpful but look out for synthetic vitamins. They can be doing more harm than good! There are such things as natural whole food sources vitamins and minerals.

VITAMIN C: As An Example
GMO Vitamin C (absorbic acid) doesn't boost immunity and is not good for anyone. Synthetic vitamins such as ascorbic acid act more like drugs in the body rather than whole food nutrients with all the available cofactors. Taking any synthetic vitamin can cause imbalances in the body and should be avoided.
Ascorbic Acid, while proven to kill bacteria effectively, is not discriminatory in its anti-microbial abilities as it also wipes out good bacteria or probiotics in the gut.
Whole foods based vitamin C does not harm beneficial intestinal bacteria in the same way as synthetic vitamin C does

  • ​STUDY Jun 15, 2001 issue of Science: "synthetic vitamin C may contribute to the formation of genotoxins that can lead to cancer.
  • STUDY presented to American Heart Association showed link between HUMAN consumption of only 500mg of vitamin C per day and a greater propensity toward thickening of the arteries (Los Angeles Times, March 3, 2000).
  • STUDY Athletes took 1000mg vitamin C/day: showed reduced endurance capacity from interference with antioxidant enzymes (American Journal of Clinical Nutrition 1/2008)

🐰 also VERY important for our bunnies who all survive on a delicate gut balance.

More: http://www.naturalnews.com/040147_vitamin_c_ascorbic_acid_synthetic_vitamins.html
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Join the new revolution: Feed a dog healthy food, build a healthy body in order to have a healthy dog for years to come. Vet bills, medicine & heartache are far more expensive than nutritious food.

Knowledge is Power