Posts Tagged ‘feline nutrition’

There’s no lack of interest in nutrition and diets both for people and pets.  In fact, due to numerous deadly pet food recalls and consumers educating themselves about quality nutrition, more pet parents are paying attention to what they feed their pets.  I also notice more and more people adopting vegan and vegetarian diets for […]

Appearances can be deceiving and pet food marketing messages are ultimately about getting people to spend money.  Pet food companies are counting on the fact that as cat parents we know nothing about feline nutrition and it should be left up to them to tell us what to feed our cats.  The waters can be very muddied indeed, and it’s about to get even muddier. 

Did you know that cancer is a man-made disease?  Did you know that it’s NOT a genetic disease based on genetic mutations like the cancer community would lead you to believe?  That’s been the prevailing dogma for decades, despite the fact that new light has now been shed on this fallacy.  It’s actually a metabolic disease. 

One of the premises of optimal health for cats revolves around feeding them a biologically appropriate diet. If you think about it, it’s really no different for people! If we eat junk food, fried foods, sugar, sodas, fast food and processed foods all the time, there’s really no amount of supplements that can out-do the bad diet.

With so many pet foods on the market today, how do you know which ones are really good? Can you trust this brand or that brand? What are their values, and how do you know if their ingredients are top notch or not?

This past week I got a text from my aunt. Her cat, Allie, of seventeen and a half years went to the vet because she was losing weight and despite being hungry, she would sniff the food and turn away. To make matters worse she would throw up clear liquid for no apparent reason. Clearly there was some kind of intestinal and digestive issue going on.

Have you ever thought about your cat’s heritage? Most of us probably never met our cat’s feline mom or dad, and we just don’t give it much thought. While some of our cat’s health conditions may be genetic, there’s a new thought coming mainstream that genetic expression can be controlled through nutrition and what they’re “not” exposed to.

For a natural pet food retailer the biggest competition isn’t the another natural pet food retailer, it’s the grocery store!  For convenience this is where most people buy their cat food.  Most people think “one stop shop” and put cat food on their grocery list along with everything else they need to buy.  When I […]

I have a dear friend and mentor who has a cat named BBC (Big Black Cat). He’s a beautiful solid black kitty with big yellow eyes and thick, medium length fur. BBC actually adopted Martin and his wife. BBC was a stray who sauntered into their backyard one day and never left.