Many pet owners have become convinced that their companion animal needs a special meat source, such as only beef, or rabbit, lamb, pheasant, etc. They may have been led to believe their pet's health problems are due to an allergy to a particular meat source.
Once again, we must look to nature to determine if this concept has validity.
In the wild, do wolves and lions discriminate against certain meat sources? In the wild, a carnivore gladly consumes almost any meat source. That is the natural diet.
So every breed of cat and dog can benefit from consuming varied meat sources. In fact, consumption of one processed ("hypoallergenic") meat source exclusively is a potential way to develop an intolerance or allergy. This is true because processing, and combining meats with other processed ingredients, creates an unnatural concoction containing a variety of allergens that can cause immune problems. In fact, pets supposedly allergic to beef can often be fed raw beef with no reaction whatsoever, other than health.
No lion develops an allergy to a wildebeest, nor does a wolf develop an allergy to caribou. Allergies are not due to natural meats, they are due to the steady diet of heat processed foods fed continuously. Simply switching from one exclusively fed food to another food that is exclusively fed is not the solution, it is the problem.
Just as it is healthy for humans to consume a variety of natural foods, a variety of meats (including raw) is the best pet food and will bring dogs and cats the most benefit.
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Thought for the day: "The sting in any rebuke is the truth." – Ben Franklin
Word for the day: allopathic - adjective: a medical method in which the symptoms of disease are addressed, rather than the underlying causes. It is the prevailing method of medicine in developed societies. It creates a vast medical industry with people continually seeking relief of symptoms (and relief of symptoms from symptom-relieving drugs), but does not advance true health.
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