In 2006, a study of 20
raw meat diets found:
Not exact matches
She already eats an impeccable
diet — lots of butter,
raw milk, eggs, pastured
meat, veggies, fermented food — so what would one be able to do without having to
find an (expensive) special dentist that probably is far from where I live?
I watch my carb intake better than before and I am starting to transition away from the
meat (I've never been naturally inclined toward
meat, so it was tough to eat this way) and I am hoping to
find my perfect
diet: high in
raw plant food, with healthy fats, protein and moderate carbs.
They are looking for the healthiest
diets to feed their dogs, and since the philosophy behind a
raw diet is that
raw meat is the ancestral
diet for dogs and cats, they are
finding the answer in
raw food.
Other veterinarians and health experts have expressed concern about bacterial contamination in
raw meat diets, especially E. coli and Salmonella, and Freeman and Michel
found substantial E. coli contamination in one of the
diets they analyzed for their report.
You can
find books about
raw food feeding and
raw food recipes based on the
Meat with Bone, B.A.R.F., or Prey / Ancestral Model
diets at Dogwise.
Nevertheless, some believe that this
diet is dangerous, as domesticated dogs do not have immunity against bacteria
found in
raw meat like wild dogs do.
So — in order to feed a good balanced
raw diet you need to make sure you
find good, easily and safely edible bone material — if you are nervous about bones — definately start with items that are ground
meat and bone.
The researchers
found that the
raw -
meat based
diet (RB) and cooked
meat diets (CB) were both better digested by cats than an extruded (dry kibble) food, even though the kibble started out higher in protein.
Hill's Science
Diet did similar research many years ago, and also
found that cats did better on a
raw meat diet.
You can
find some great information on how to formulate your own
raw meat diet on the Feline Nutrition Education website at http://www.rawfedkitty.org
Whether they aren't getting enough organ
meats,
raw bones, or a balance of vitamins and minerals not
found in the food they're getting, this
diet has the potential to be more unhealthy than a cheap, low - quality food.
We
find that our CKD cats do very well on a
raw meat diet, as the
diet supplies calcium and phosphorous in perfect combination.
In answer to your question, according to Lisa M. Freeman, DVM, PhD, DACVN (board certified specialist in animal nutrition) in the proceedings of her lecture from the 2012 Convention of the Canadian Veterinary Medical Association, «Most of the bacteria
found in
raw meat diets can easily survive freezing.»
Feline Nutrition was
founded in 2008 as an organization dedicated to educating pet parents about the benefits of
raw meat diets for felines and to advocate for changing how cats are fed.
Other than that, I know I need to gear up to
find affordable
meats for the
raw diet.
Consumer Reports says an exclusive
diet of
raw meat may not contain everything your pet needs — no matter whether it's from the
meat aisle or is a commercial formulation
found in the pet section.