While sugar is loaded with calories, it doesn't
provide much nutritional value.
High - sugar foods don't
provide much nutritional value.
Not exact matches
You see, raw foods (fresh fruits, vegetables, nuts, seeds, and a few others), consumed in the same state as we'd find them in nature (technically, nothing heated above 115F46 C), are considered to
provide optimum
nutritional value while retaining the natural enzymes that may help us to digest those same foods (when foods are cooked, your pancreas must take on this monumental task on its own — not too
much fun for the l'il pancreas).
Beta - Carotine supplements — stripped away from the fruits and vegetables and placed into pills —
provides the same
nutritional value at only 200 IU, three times as
much.
Over time, these foods gradually lose
much of the
nutritional value that they promise to deliver, thereby not
providing the proper nutrients for your animal.
It likely
provides some additional calcium in the diet but it's debatable how
much it really adds to the
nutritional value of the food.
Whole vegetables can pass too quickly through a dog's digestive system to be of
much nutritional value for them but when they are already partially - digested by other animals, vegetables can
provide important nutrition for canines.
This ingredient
provides your dog with energy in the form of calories but it doesn't offer
much nutritional value.
Feeding a more limited formula of commercial food and
providing variety by adding healthy, fresh, unprocessed food items (of which you know your dog tolerates them) is a
much better approach and actually adds
nutritional value.