Cats also
need arachidonic acid for normal skin and coat health.
Cats
need arachidonic acid (an amino acid), taurine, vitamins A, B12, and D, and certain fatty acids.
Not exact matches
In my video - of - the - day yesterday, Chicken, Eggs, and Inflammation, I explain that
arachidonic acid is like cholesterol, in that our bodies make all we
need for optimal function.
But any
arachidonic acid from chicken and eggs is in excess of what our body
needs.
Adding good quality protein to your diet (plant based as well as organic lean poultry, oily fish - absolutely NO red meat) and ensuring you have the right ratio of Omega 6 to 3 (circa 2 — 2.5: 1 with minimal
Arachidonic Acid coming from the diet - your body produces it when
needed but excess AA prevents elongating and conversion of other O3 / 6 acids to their anti-inflammatory forms) will go a long way to creating an environment in which hair growth can happen.
Among it's valuable components are gamma - linolenic acid (GLA), linoleic and
arachidonic acids, vitamin B12 (
needed, especially for vegetarians, for healthy red blood cells), iron, a high level of protein (60 to 70 percent), essential amino acids, the nucleic acids RNA and DNA, chlorophyll, and phycocyanin, a blue pigment that is found only in blue - green algae and that has increased the survival rate of mice with liver cancer in laboratory experiments.
Researchers who attempted to quantify the essential fatty acid requirement using purified fatty acids showed that just over two percent of calories as linoleic acid was
needed to prevent deficiency in growing rats while less than 0.7 percent of calories as
arachidonic acid was
needed.10 Lower amounts of
arachidonic acid may have proven effective had the researchers tested them.
Article quote: [People with low rates of
arachidonic acid synthesis or strict vegetarians whose diets are devoid of
arachidonic acid may be more vulnerable to essential fatty acid deficiency and may
need higher intakes of linoleic acid.
Large amounts of any PUFA, moreover, will cause the cell to make less of this enzymatic machinery by convincing the cell that it is no longer
needed.26 This competition and cellular confusion can be avoided altogether by providing small amounts of preformed
arachidonic acid and DHA in the diet.
People with low rates of
arachidonic acid synthesis or strict vegetarians whose diets are devoid of
arachidonic acid may be more vulnerable to essential fatty acid deficiency and may
need higher intakes of linoleic acid.
As obligate carnivores, felines
need nutrients such as taurine,
arachidonic acid and essential vitamins which a meat - free diet can not sufficiently provide.
«Taurine is an amino acid that dogs can manufacture in their own bodies but cats can not, and also
arachidonic acid, which is a fatty acid that cats
need.»
Cats specifically
need a fatty substance called
arachidonic acid, an Omega - 6 fatty acid essential for energy production.
The protein source should be among the first few ingredients listed, ensuring that the protein content is high enough to supply your cat with the taurine and
arachidonic acid that she
needs.