Showing posts with label System. Show all posts
Showing posts with label System. Show all posts

Thursday, September 22, 2011

The Horror of Dog Food - Dog Food Rating System Reveals the Toxic Evil of Commercial Foods

A recent exercise in dog food rating shows that very few commercial products pass inspection.  In fact, most dog foods were found to be disgusting stews of ghastly ingredients based on grotesque recipes designed to increase corporate profits--even if the end result is damage to pet health.  The bottom line:  It's almost impossible to find truly healthy dog food in the store.

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Author Andrew Lewis has made a personal crusade out of investigating the dog food industry.  After discovering some of the horrible things that transpire in the manufacturing process and learning more about the significant health risks posed by most commercially available products, he created a dog food rating criteria and began testing scores of dog foods.

Dog Food

His findings?  Less than ten of them came close to passing inspection and he argues that even these products should be used sparingly.

That's why so many people are joining a chorus calling for the use of homemade dog food.  Unless you make your own dog food (which is surprisingly easy and inexpensive), you are at the mercy of the dog food industry and that means you'll be feeding your pet things like this:

Additives and chemicals that have been banned from human food because they're known to cause massive illness and to encourage disease.

The ground corpses of disease-riddled dead animals and the carcasses of pets who were put to sleep.  The poisons used to kill those animals makes its way into dog food, too.

Plastics and inorganic matter.  From the collars of dead cats to the plastic bags used for the moving of animal carcasses, a variety of unnatural substances find their way into dog food.

And that's only the beginning.  Dog food analysis conclusively demonstrates that we cannot trust the dog food industry to supply our pets with healthy options.  Instead, they continue to mass-produce low quality foods that fail to meet nutritional needs while simultaneously encouraging deadly disease. 

Store bought dog food is a complete disaster that no truly loving pet owner could knowingly purchase or use.

The Horror of Dog Food - Dog Food Rating System Reveals the Toxic Evil of Commercial Foods

Dog Food

Thursday, September 1, 2011

A Dog's Digestive System

A dog's digestive system is a highly specialized anatomical structure. To gain an understanding of how it operates and what it requires it helps if you understand how it compares to the other types of digestive systems in the animal kingdom.

dog food for sensitive stomachs

Herbivores (plant eaters) have the longest digestive tract in the mammalian kingdom. Some of them like, cows have multiple stomachs that are used to break down and ferment various plant materials. True herbivores have the ability to digest plant and vegetable cellulose and can rely on plants for complete nutrition. They have flat blunt teeth, which they use to grind cellulose and grain. Their jaws have the ability to move sideways and grind their food. Of course dogs don't fall in this category and their digestive organs were never designed to assimilate or catabolise plant based materials.

Dog Food For Sensitive Stomachs

Omnivores: (plant and meat eaters) have one stomach and their intestines are shorter than the cow but longer than the dog. They have the ability to digest vegetation but they have enough enzymes and acid in their gut to digest animal protein as well. Their ability to break down cellulose is limited and they need both vegetation and animal protein for complete nutrition. Omnivores have a combination of sharp teeth used for tearing and ripping flesh and flat molars used for grinding grains and plants.

Carnivores: (meat eaters) like the dog has the shortest digestive system in the kingdom of mammals. Their jaws are hinged and contain sharp jagged blade like molars, which allows them to swallow large chunks of meat and gorge themselves. This ability enables dogs to consume a great deal of food and then rest until the next kill. Dogs are direct decedents of the wolf and they require meat protein to stay healthy and vibrant. Dogs do not have the ability to digest or assimilate cellulose and have no real need or craving for grain or vegetable based food.

The dog is a carnivore with a digestive system and process designed to break down and assimilate protein, bones, and fat. Their stomachs have a much higher level of hydrochloric acid to digest and assimilate meat protein.

Many commercial grade dog foods are produced on the premise that a dog's digestion is similar to humans. Because it's cheaper to make dog food with grains and plant materials many times the main ingredient in the dog food is corn, wheat, or some other type of plant-based carbohydrate.

Many veterinarians believe commercial grade dog food is garbage or even poison. Some of them have stated carbohydrates are not required at all for the nutritional need of dogs. It's not hard to understand if you consider a wolf will starve before it will eat corn or any other vegetable. Dogs require a vast array of amino acids that are only found in meat. To feed them vegetable products will only shorten their life and ruin their health.

Have you ever wondered what's in your dog's food? Dog Food Secrets reveals what is used in the manufacture of your dog's food. If you love your pet you owe it to yourself and them to read the free report.

A Dog's Digestive System

Dog Food For Sensitive Stomachs