Limited evidence exists for the recommendations of
dietary mineral requirements for cats in 2006 NRC Nutrient Requirements for Adult Cats (Maintenance) a and 2006 NRC Nutrient Requirements for Kittens After Weaning a; many are based on the mineral content of successfully fed diets.
Not exact matches
Although honey contains small amounts of
minerals, which are completely stripped off regular sugar during processing, the amounts are too small to help you meet your
dietary requirements.
Thus, as Price perceived so clearly, the only way for humans, with their limited ability to take in food, to properly nourish themselves is to eat mostly nutrient - dense foods; and the emerging science of biochemistry confirmed the
dietary habits of primitive peoples by revealing just which foods best meet these
requirements — all of them animal foods, and not necessarily steak or chicken but seafood, and milk products and organ meats from animals raised on
mineral - rich soil.
In an ideal world, we should not have to rely on
dietary supplements like
minerals to satisfy our body's nutritional
requirements, obtaining these nutrients from a varied and diverse diet with plenty of fresh fruits and vegetables is ideal; and, phyto - chemicals and some, as of yet, unidentified nutrients which could have cancer - preventative benefits, among other things, are found only in the freshest of foods.
Dietary Reference Intake There is no official Recommended
Dietary Allowance or
Dietary Reference Intake for this
mineral but a minimum
requirement range has been estimated at 200 - 500 mg per day.
Dogs do not have specific
requirements for carbohydrate in their diet, but modest amounts of carbohydrate can provide him with
dietary fiber to support his digestive health as well as key vitamins and
minerals to ensure nutritional balance.
The mechanism involving the absorption and subsequent utilization of essential trace
minerals by animals remains unclear, making it difficult to estimate the
dietary requirements for trace
minerals.