Giving multivitamin supplementation is important for the treatment of certain health problems; however, there is
little evidence of nutritional benefit when used by otherwise healthy dogs.
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.