Sentences with phrase «commercial pet food»

Inflammatory bowel disease is not much fun either, nor are skin allergies to inappropriate ingredients found in most commercial pet food.

It's an expose of the commercial pet food industry.

And while it's true many commercial pet food ingredients are not high quality or even species - appropriate, they do provide balanced nutrition for the growth and maintenance of your pet's body.

I have to reassure folks, that I don't get paid for endorsing them — it is simply my personal favorite commercial pet food.

Since omega - 3 fatty acids are very sensitive to heat and light, the processing of commercial pet food renders the omega - 3's inert.

Feeding a dog a cheap commercial pet food is like feeding a child junk food everyday, so more pet parents are turning to fresh, wholesome pet foods for a healthier option.

• A majority of pet owners (63 percent) and vets (76 percent) reported that pet food in 2017 was «better» than commercial pet food 10 years ago.

When commercial pet food is made, ingredients in the food are exposed to high temperatures, creating a risk of maillard reaction.

[5] Supporters of the raw food diet movement cite many beneficial health claims in feeding raw food over processed commercial pet food.

The Association of American Feed Control Officials (AAFCO) provides standards that guides many commercial pet food companies.

Thanks to several recent pet food recalls — including the one in 2007 involving China's illegal use of melamine and cyanuric acid to mimic increased protein — pet owners remain anxious about what's really in commercial pet food.

Every commercial pet food provides recommendations for feeding.

Unfortunately, many pet foods boast omega fatty acids as a nutrient found in the formula, yet the baking process that most commercial pet food goes through essentially kills any Omega fats in the original recipe.

Many dogs have allergies to some of the most common grains used to add carbohydrates to commercial pet food including wheat, corn, rice, barely and oats.

Fish oil omega - 3 fatty acids (EPA and DHA) can be found in commercial pet food or used as a dietary supplement.

The authors, Lippert and Sapy, were able to statistically show that dogs fed a homemade diet, consisting of high quality foods used from their owners» meals versus dogs fed an industrial, commercial pet food diet had a life expectancy of 32 months longer — that's almost 3 years!

I am positive that the real problem with commercial pet food is the added preservatives, coloring agents, poor quality protein sources and poor quality fat sources.

Most commercial pet food, including canned food and dried kibble, requires very high temperatures to mass produce, so they lack natural enzymes.

My best advice is to steer clear of the commercial, supermarket - type brands (and also many of the so - called premium brands probably offered in your veterinarian's surgery — vets are not trained (or very poorly trained) in animal nutrition (believe it or not), and get all (or most) of their information from the commercial pet food manufacturers which peddle their products in veterinary surgeries — you know the ones I'm talking about.

Thanks to advances in commercial pet food and veterinary medicine, our dogs and cats are living longer.

Many commercial pet food plants use meat by - products.

Here are just a few of the potential toxins in commercial pet food:

She continues by explaining why veterinarians suggested feeding elderly cats a reduced protein diet because, «After a lifetime of eating commercial pet food containing poor quality protein that is difficult to digest, a cat's kidney and liver function is compromised.

The commercial pet food companies know that canned food has more flavor than the dry food and the fewer by - products a food contains the more flavor there is in the food.

This is nothing but propaganda designed to make people buy into commercial pet food.

Each commercial pet food has their own niche and advertising objectives that are important to note.

Raw food diets are becoming increasingly popular among pet owners, and they may offer several advantages over traditional commercial pet food diets.

For most dogs and cats, that rules out chicken and beef, as these are the most common protein sources found in commercial pet food diets.

According to Pet Food Institute, the pet industry's voice of dog and cat food makers and whose members comprise 98 percent of U.S. pet food and treat products, commercial pet food is designed to be complete and balanced, with each serving being a complete meal that provides total nutrition.

Attempting to understand the ingredients listed on your dog's commercial pet food packaging can sometimes feel like trying to decipher a language from outer space — frustrating.

When asked if they believed «commercial pet food is better or worse than ten years ago» (the melamine pet food recall was in 2007), 63 % of pet owners and 76 % of veterinary professionals reported pet food in 2017 was «better.»

Commercial pet food that is nutritionally complete or balanced will include AAFCO's statement that guarantees the pet food meets nutrient requirements.

Pet Fooled — a documentary currently streaming on Netflix, iTunes, and Vimeo — sets out to expose the contradictory and sometimes harmful inner workings of the commercial pet food industry.

In the US in particular, there is very still little regulation over commercial pet food quality.

Really don't buy commercial pet food!

If you're feeding your dog a commercial pet food, she might have an allergy to one or more ingredients in the mix.

This is another reason increasing numbers of pet owners are looking into homemade diets — it can be less expensive and less frustrating than trying to find affordable, high quality commercial pet food.

First, I would like to point out that commercial pet food is much less regulated than you think.

Decades of consuming nutritionally questionable commercial pet food products, the proven harmful effects of over vaccination, combined with the unfortunate dependency on steroids and antibiotics have, according to many reliable sources greatly contributed to a national decline in animal health.

I selected the very best brands of commercial pet food, and I looked forward to outstanding fantastic results.

Having witnessed first hand the health destroying attributes of commercial pet food together with the health promoting benefits of an evolutionary diet, I had no option but to share this information with my clients.

He became concerned with such issues as: the evidence of a causal relationship between common feeding practices and serious health problems; the perceived disconnect between the nutritional requirements of felis silvestris catus and all other species of cats; an industry with a vested interest in grain as the basis for its products; a veterinary education system with little nutritional teaching, subsidized by commercial pet food industries; a questionable government concept approval and oversight process; the economic inertia of maintaining the status quo; and the rejection of science - based belief systems on the extremes of both sides of the issue.

That a grain based product such as commercial pet food is destructive to a dogs health should also be no surprise.

There is a large variation in pet food quality and there are many health benefits to feeding your pet a high quality, commercial pet food.

One of the most important things to look for on a commercial pet food product is the AAFCO statement of nutritional adequacy.

It was to free pet owners from the tyranny of only being able or allowed or trained to feed their pets processed commercial pet food.

There is increasing awareness of the role that nutrient - poor and processed commercial pet food diets may play in cancer.

Unlike people who hopefully eat a diet that includes plenty of fresh fruits and vegetables that are rich in antioxidants, most dogs and cats eat commercial pet food containing a minimal amount of antioxidants.

Unwillingness to Accept Therapeutic Diets If the pet should develop a condition where a therapeutic diet is of great benefit, the pet that has been maintained primarily on a diet of table scraps may be unwilling to accept commercial pet food of any kind, much less a food modified to be beneficial for a specific disease process.

Nearly every commercial pet food, even some raw diets, contain synthetic vitamins.