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“Let food by thy medicine” is a well-known quote by Hippocrates, the dad of modern medicine. phrases like this and “You are what you eat” certainly hold true for our animals as well. With the expansion of the multibillion dollar pet food industry over the past several decades and the well-known pet food recall a few years back, we became increasingly informed about the role the quality of pet food can affect not only mood, but health as well.
Processed foods based on low-cost vegetable sources of protein, as well foods made with artificial preservatives and byproducts can result in problems of any organ system, including the nervous system, immune system and digestive tract, as well as contributing to epidemic levels of cancer in animals today.
It is in my opinion that along with over vaccination and overuse of pesticides and poor diets, that these elements have led to record number of autoimmune disease and cancer in younger and younger pets. thankfully in recent years there has been an expansion of healthy pet food alternatives including brands such as Halo, taste of the Wild, and Nature’s variety to name just a few.
For pet owners who choose to make a homemade fresh diet, resources such as Dr. Pitcairn’s complete guide to natural health for Dogs and includes several well balanced healthy recipes that really can be the essential to long term good health with less chronic disease.
Do you feed your pet a commercial pet food or a homemade diet? Share your story in the comments!
