Doug Jnueven, DVM of the beaver Animal Clinic, Pennsylvania says that, raw food is more beneficial to most
animals than processed foods.
Not exact matches
I brought up
processed food and sugar because I feel that these are far more detrimental to our health
than natural fats, be they
animal or plant based.
Although vegans tend to consume less
processed foods than their omnivorous counterparts, they are not exempt, as many frozen dinners and packaged snacks free of
animal products will still be high in preservatives and artificial flavorings.
«It's not a good idea to trade in
animal products, which contain protein, vitamins, and minerals, for
processed foods that provide little nutritional value other
than calories.»
Nitrosamines, which are potent carcinogens, are often found in soy protein
foods, and are greatly increased during the high temperature drying
process.20 Not surprisingly,
animal feeding studies show a lower weight gain for rats on soy formula
than those on whole milk, high - lactose formula.21 Similar results have been observed in children on macrobiotic diets which include the use of soy milk and large amounts of whole grains.
The agenda of vegetarians and health reformers who urged Americans to consume fewer
animal products, eat more grain and cereal products, and to substitute polyunsaturated oils found in corn and soybean oil for saturated
animal fats like butter and lard, fit neatly into large agribusiness efforts to increase the market for
processed foods that have a wider profit margin
than eggs and meat.11
Some thoughts regarding your question: Dr. Greger's video talks about energy density in
foods and while it is true that plant based
foods are on average less energy dense
than animal based
foods, it is also true that some plant based
foods are some of the highest energy dense
foods on the planet... think of oils,
processed sugar and white floor products.
I'm going to try to give you a quick summary of the findings below since it was a long article... Keep in mind as you read this article that when we refer to «saturated fat», this means the naturally - occurring saturated fat that can be found in many plant
foods and
animal foods, and this is quite different
than artificial trans fats in
processed food.
The fact is that the trans fat in
animal foods is completely different
than the factory produced trans fats in
processed foods.
watch out for some of the sneaky ingredients (additives / preservatives in the meat if it's sausages and things)... but while pastured
animal products are probably optimal... i'd think most people recommending eating this way would rather see you eat conventional meat
than many of those other
processed non-food
foods.
I'd like to see
animal feeding studies using
foods closer to what people might eat rather
than fractionated and highly
processed «
food».
To lend support to her theory, von Cramon - Taubadel refers to preliminary studies of
animals which show that those that are raised on softer more
processed foods develop smaller jaws
than those raised on fresh, unprocessed diets.
«But I would say for you if conventional produce is all you can get, guess what, it's still better
than your alternative because of
processed food and
animal products, those are the two categories of other
foods besides plant
foods.
Although substituting plant
foods for various
animal foods was associated with a lower mortality, red meat, especially
processed red meat, showed a much stronger association
than fish and poultry, which themselves were not associated with mortality (eTable 6 in the Supplement).
«For most
animals, it's more beneficial
than processed foods.
Her company, The Honest Kitchen, sources human - grade ingredients for its dog and cat
food from farms with impeccable
animal welfare records, and in some cases, that have a stricter approval
process than many human
food companies.
Now, more
than ever, in a world where
processed, commercial pet
foods and toxic chemicals are literally killing our pets, we need to take a more active interest in our companion
animal's health and nutrition.
Even though canned
food is
processed, it's cooked only once (briefly at lower heat), rather
than twice at high heat for dry
food (once when the
animal products are rendered, and again during extrusion).
From the inherent efficiency of eating plant - based
foods directly, rather
than processing them through
animals, to the importance of avoiding factory farms, a vegetable - heavy diet has a lot going for it.
From the inherent efficiency of eating plant - based
foods directly, rather
than processing them through
animals, to the