"Supplementary foods" refers to additional types of food that are given to complement a person's regular diet, providing enhanced nutrition and filling any nutritional gaps.
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That said, asparagus and most other vegetables should be treated
as supplementary foods rather than dietary staples.
Though kale should never make up a large part of your cat's diet, it can be an
excellent supplementary food due to its high dietary fiber and antioxidant content.
However, some mothers experience problems which lead them to
give supplementary foods or fluids before these are needed, or to stop breastfeeding altogether.
Because they can curb inflammation, cranberries may also be
useful supplementary foods for hamsters suffering with diseases like arthritis.
Most bunny digestive problems are caused by consuming too little fiber, so it is crucial that pet parents supply their furry friends
with supplementary foods that are suited to their delicate GI tract.
For health and happiness, your dog should vary the veggies that they consume, and those veggies should be used
as supplementary foods and not dietary staples.
Breastfeeding is especially important where diarrhoeal and other infections are common, water supplies are unsafe and
supplementary foods suitable for small children are both costly and scarce.
It may be, suggest Sims et al., that, because high cat density corresponds closely to high housing density, this measure is also an indication of those areas «where humans provide
more supplementary food for birds.»
Hamster diets should have a foundation of hamster seed mixes, with fresh fruits and vegetables like cucumbers serving
as supplementary foods.
However, there has been no documentation that nursing children are more likely than weaned children to
refuse supplementary foods.
In addition to breast feeding, physicians today recommend the introduction
of supplementary foods, such as orange juice and certain vegetable purees, as early as the second or third month.
70,000 children (6 to 59 months old) with moderate acute malnutrition
require supplementary food and approximately 15,000 children (6 to 59 months old) with severe acute malnutrition require therapeutic feeding
In 2012 the Australian Government's infant feeding guidelines said: «Toddler milks and special and / or
supplementary foods for toddlers are not required for healthy children.»
Along with breastfeeding, the first attempts at
supplementary food can now get started.
It actually recommends that all solely breastfed babies start receiving an Iron supplement of 1 milligram per kilogram per day starting at 4 months of age until the introduction of Iron containing
supplementary foods.
Back in the olden days, there were no pacifiers and
supplementary food for babies - i, e, formula, or even infant cereal.
Your hamster really only needs to eat a small amount of broccoli two or three times per week; it is
a supplementary food, not a staple.
Since our cats do not eat whole prey animals, giving
them supplementary foods containing plant fibers may help to add bulk to stool and stimulate digestion.
When it comes to rabbits and rocket, the important thing to remember is that it should only be fed as
a supplementary food — rabbits who eat too many leafy greens and not enough hay may suffer from digestive problems and nutritional deficiencies.
They are effective predators that mainly hunt small or medium - sized vertebrates (Fitzgerald and Turner 2000), and while the density of feral cats is directly correlated with prey abundance (Genovesi et al. 1995; Edwards et al. 2001), the population density of free - ranging house cats is more reflective of human density (due to the provision of
supplementary food) than that of their prey (Sims et al. 2008).
This supplementary food for adult cats is a great choice.
Even with just four ingredients, this cat food can support your cat's nutritional needs when given as
a supplementary food for your furry friends.
If you suspect that your rabbit is deficient in zinc or any other nutrient, do not introduce pumpkin seeds as
supplementary foods.