You should choose a dog food that contains at least a few fruit and
vegetable sources rather than one that uses just vitamin and mineral supplements.
Not exact matches
This means that the 5 - 10 % of the carbohydrates would be from
vegetables, nuts, and seeds
rather than another
source of starch.
Make sure your carbs are coming from healthy and low GI carb
sources such as fruit,
vegetables, wholegrain bread, quinoa, oats and brown rice,
rather than white, sugary or processed carbs.
So
rather than rely on milk for calcium, vegetarians turn to dark green leafy
vegetables, such as broccoli and legumes, which, calorie for calorie, are superior
sources»
In addition, most of the carbohydrates consumed by North Americans are refined processed carbohydrates (
rather than carbohydrates from natural
sources such as
vegetables and wild berries).
Sourcing the right produce, and good cooking can make
vegetables relatively interesting and delicious, but it can be a bit of effort and they're still something I SHOULD eat,
rather than what I really WANT to eat.
* Or just because you really don't like the taste of meat and dairy products — and would
rather sustain yourself on
vegetables, fruits, whole grains and vegetarian
sources of protein.
Fiber is great, but perhaps you need to get it from different
sources such as increasing fresh
vegetable intake
rather than loading up on oatmeal, dried fruit, and wheat bread.
I appreciate the natural whole foods used along with natural vitamins and minerals derived from fruits,
vegetables, nuts, seeds and other natural food ingredients
rather than the potentially toxic synthetic forms of which most are
sourced from China.
However, chicken fat and the undefined «Natural Flavor,» as well as the average protein content - some of which is provided by
vegetable sources, are the reasons that I gave this dog food a 4 - star rating
rather than 5.
It is important to note that dogs do require some
source of dietary fiber in their food, but it should come from whole grains and
vegetables rather than fillers.
Many manufacturers bulk out their food with cheap and easy to
source protein from
vegetables and grains
rather than using the ideal
source which is animal protein.
Rather than compete for the same pretty market
vegetables, the newest locavore trend is to go straight to the
source.