Monday, May 30, 2016
THE "NO" PLOY Dr. Wysong
Since commercial dry pet foods came to be, corn, wheat and other grains have been used as starch sources to permit the forming of extruded nuggets. Although meat has long been known to be the best source of nutrition for pets, it is more expensive than grains, and meats alone cannot be extruded into a nugget that will hold its shape or dry properly.
So why are there now so many "no corn" no wheat," and "no grain" products flooding the market? Why would such natural ingredients that have been used by humans for thousands of years all of a sudden at this last hour become so "dangerous"?
Since most dog foods and cat foods contain grains, it is hard for brands to distinguish themselves. To create a market niche requires some uniqueness. Thus was born the "no corn"
"no grain" "no this or that" pet food industry. By saying "no something," the public assumes that the "something" must be bad. The new "no" pet food industry struck fear into the heart of consumers by attaching all the illnesses pets get to the ingredients that they conveniently left out of their foods.
In other words, if you want your pet to be well you must buy their "no" product. The net effect, however, is "yes" they will get your money, but "no" your pet will not be healthier.
Although I am not here advocating a steady diet of corn and grains - since these are really not the natural foods for carnivores - neither can it be reasonably argued that the starches the "no" companies use (potato, rice, tapioca, etc.) are any better. Some of these substitute starches are not only nutritionally inferior to grains, they can be toxic in sufficient dose.
As a part of a varied diet, various starch sources are fine. But that is not what the "no" companies advocate. They want you to feed only their "no" foods. But if you do that, nothing is gained. Pets will suffer the same diseases they always have from eating a steady diet of heat processed starch-based packaged foods.
There is simply nothing uniquely hazardous about grain starch sources. There is, however, much potential hazard associated with feeding any one food (particularly heat processed) on an exclusive basis, regardless of its ingredients.
Wednesday, May 25, 2016
Friday, May 20, 2016
United States ads in Business Ads For Free
United States ads in Business Ads For Free: The first extruded dry diet/kibble pet food that is starch free™ (epigen does what 'grain free' dog food and cat foods only pretend to do).
The Dose Makes the Poison - Dr. Wysong
Pet food manufacturers have increasingly capitalized on marketable catch phrases of the day, e.g. "natural," "organic," "premium," "grain free," "no corn," etc. Such slogans are designed to convince people that if the special food bearing the special slogan is fed, there need be no worry about pet health.
Unfortunately, even manufacturers do not seem to realize that so-called natural foods, premium foods, organic foods, and foods devoid of purportedly deleterious ingredients are ALL harmful if fed exclusively.
The fundamental principle of toxicity is that the dose makes the poison. The fifteenth century Swiss alchemist and physician, Paracelsus, credited as being the father of toxicology, said "All things are poison and nothing is without poison, only the dose permits something not to be poisonous."
Even things essential to life, such as water and oxygen, if in excess, can be harmful. One pet food, if fed exclusively, regardless of its merits, can be toxic. Although it's easy and convenient to just pour one food from one package day after day, don't fall into the poisonous trap.
For optimal health, feed a variety of properly designed pet diets and supplements, and rotate with whole fresh foods. This obvious and simple point cannot be emphasized enough.
It takes a little more effort and some thought to feed with the wisdom of variety, but a little pain now is so much better than the tragedy of expensive and painful disease later.
A dog's or cat's body has great capacity to detoxify almost any substance in small enough doses. It can even detoxify large doses as long as the toxin is not dosed constantly. Additionally, almost any substance can be toxic at high enough dose given constantly. Even the most healthy food in the world is potentially toxic.
The melamine disaster resulting from tainted Chinese ingredients should teach us a lesson. No one food can be trusted. The lesson is not that we need to analyze so-called complete and balanced foods for every conceivable toxin a practical impossibility it is that we must feed in variety and rotation.
It is so incredibly sad that if people who had melamine tainted food had been feeding in this manner, thousands of dogs and cats might have been spared the tragedy.
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