Reprinted from: http://www.mercola.com Number one, carbohydrates are not a necessary component of a carnivore’s diet. Cats have no taste receptors for sweet flavors and have low rates of glucose uptake in the intestine. They should not be fed any type of grain that metabolizes into sugar. Cats have no salivary amylase to break down starches, either, and dogs have very low amylase secretion. … Read More
Chapter 4: Common Pet Food Myths Many People Actually Believe
Reprinted from: http://www.mercola.com I find it amazing that pet parents buy into marketing gimmicks that human parents would never fall for. For instance, how often have you heard a pediatrician say, “Never feed your baby anything but X brand of baby food, because feeding a homemade diet could be dangerous to your child’s health?” Never. But you do hear it often … Read More
Chapter 3: Most Pet Food is Biologically Inappropriate for Dogs
However, animals have hunted prey or, in the case of dogs, scavenged — for millions of years. And although recent research suggests domesticated carnivores were able to adapt to some degree to starch in the diet as humans became planters and farmers of grains, dogs and cats have most definitely not evolved into vegetarians over time. Over the last hundred … Read More
Chapter 2: Today’s Dogs are Carnivores Just Like Their Wild Ancestors
Of course, all animals are biologically equipped to assimilate and digest foods they were designed to eat. For example, earthworms are naturally designed to process dirt. The entire GI tract of worms, from the mouth to the other end where waste is excreted, was designed for this purpose. Cows are designed to eat grass, and their GI tracts are set … Read More