Irene, do not misunderstand me. I am not a fan of Mike Adams (Natural News). He is good for putting out
certain information but his hyperbole and politics are more than I can take most of the time. I was only noting
that all the toxic pet products are coming to the attention of the FDA. The FDA is an agency that I have no
trust in anything they do. I only noted that Adams mentioned the FDA beginning to notice this is a problem
they are beginning to look at. If anything is to happen to benefit pets, people will have to organize lobbying
efforts to match those of the pet food manufacturers if there is to be any benefit. However, I would not place
my money on the FDA, but on public attention.
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From: Irene de Villiers
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Unfortunately the Natural News peope know nothing at all about pet food. Tthe FDA does not care. Current food "standards" for example, include making it illegal to add Vit K to pet food. You can add known-toxic menadione which the body sees as Vit K but which is not Vit K - but you MAY NOT add real Vit K - by law.
As for Natural News, For example they list as top choices, in this order:
carrots (they damage the kidneys in carnivores)
barley (pure carbohydrates, and not with cat-fermentable fiber or dog-fermentable fiber)
garlic oil and garlic extract (cause of serious heinz body anemia in cats and dogs, leading to all kinds of diseases predisposed by anemic condition. Their liver fails to process garlic's chemicals as humans do.)
lamb stock - okay that is better than water but is hardly a major nutrient
Copper - good to have some, but animals with copper pipe in the house can get too much.
Grains - sorghum - they like it as it is "alkalinizing" - which is exactly what you do NOT want in carnivores. They are not humans - they need an acid pH to be healthy, pH 5.5 urine for example, or else they get struvite crystals and kidney damage. Acidifyiing food is meat and fish - what they DO need, and which also encourages the butyrate in the gut that they need to make their organs efficient and healthy, instead of second-rate.
Grains- corn and peas - they like the protein - it is pure kidney damage material for carnivores.
Rosemary extract - toxic to carnivores and kills their beneficial gut bacteria as well
Canola oil - horrid omega 6 and trans fat unsuited to carnivores who need arachidonic from animal fat only, and EPA and DHA from fish fat.
I could go on but these completely INappropriate ingredients are the "TOP" choices they have!!!
Not one of the peple there has studied CAT metabolism or DOG metabolism, much less ever looked at the kidney research on these carnivores.
Even for humans I'd have a lot of criticism for the above and I never even mentioned the GMO corn and canola issue up there which totally wrecks the gut lining, but for carnivores these kinds of recommendations are exactly why the leading cause of death among cats and dogs is kidney disease.
It does not happen in the wild - wld cats and dogs are too smart to stalk a corn stalk or gobble garlic or hunt peas or rosemary and barley. They have the smarts to stick to the fish and meat for which they are designed, and which protect their kdneys.
Bottom line - even these supposedly hot shot pet favoring people are promoting harmful food for pets. EVERY homeopath has to fix the food for pets as a result, before they can expect to make ANY progress with health building.
There is no point doing any homeopathy without first learning and applying what cat and dog metabolism really needs. Not by website hype from "Natural News" etc, but by real research on cats and dogs.
Rule of thumb:
Feed animal protein only (no plant protein) and animal fat only (no plant fat) and be sure it is VERY fresh and preserved with Vit E only. No fruit, vegetable or herbs. Add NU-cat chewable vitamins and taurine as this will not be fresh-kill meat/fish.
THEN you can use homeopathy. Hahnemann also explained how important this is. Homeopathy is not a stand-alone system, it provides no nutrients, and removes no toxins.
Namaste,
Irene
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Irene de Villiers, B.Sc AASCA MCSSA D.I.Hom/D.Vet.Hom.
P.O. Box 4703 Spokane WA 99220.
www.angelfire.com/fl/furryboots/clickhere.html (Veterinary Homeopath.)
"Man who say it cannot be done should not interrupt one doing it."