What should I NOT be feeding?
From: Dr Andrew Jones
Author: Veterinary Secrets Revealed
Re: Exactly what should I not be feeding?
Hello fellow readers.
I am getting ready for a hiking trip up to a fabulous provincial park called Kokanee Park.
We will be spending the weekend in the cabin after a 5 or so hour hike, then hiking up to the Kokanee Glacier the next day.
Yes, in spite of global warming, we still have Glaciers in Canada.
Last year a single hiker encountered a Grizzly Bear on the way out, and although he was shaken up, he still caught the encounter on video..
It was something to see a Grizzly getting closer to him, with the camera obviously shaking, until he decided to stop filming and start running.
Fortunately the bear left, and although I would like to see one, I would prefer it to NOT be quite so close…
Yesterday I was asked by a reader exactly what is the BIGGEST problem with dog and cat food?
I have published a long list, but there are a few things that stand out.
IN fact MOST of the Breakfast Cereals on the market have one of these things in them.
Here are a few of the SERIOUS dog and cat food toxins.
These are the TOP 3 preservatives to avoid in your dog and cat’s food:
The CHEMICAL preservatives
1. Ethoxyquin
– promoted kidney carcinogenesis
– significantly increased the incidence of stomach tumours
– enhanced bladder carcinogenesis
– significantly increased the number of colon tumours
2.BHA
– causes squamous-cell carcinomas in rats and hamsters
– enhanced stomach and unrinary bladder carcinogenesis
3. BHT
– promoted urinary bladder carcinogenesis
– could be a promoter of thyroid carcinogenesis
I am not the only veterinarian sounding the alarm about pet food.
Here are just a few prominent veterinarians..
“The many objections we can make about the nutritional quality
of animal convenience foods boil down to two basic types: these
foods don’t contain things we wish they did, and do contain
things we wish they didn’t….The two basic problems are
linked together as an unhappy pair because the presence
of various toxins and pollutants actually increases the
body’s needs for high quality nutrients necessary for
combating or eliminating these contaminants. When the
overall nutrition is already lower that it should be,
we are inviting trouble.”
— Richard Pitcairn, DVM
Here is part of an article which extensively quotes
Dr Jean Dodds..
An internationally recognized expert in blood disorders
in animals, Dr. Jean Dodds, said she noticed an increase
in auto-immune disorders among dogs. She traced the
problems to a change in diet. The change was the addition
of ethoxyquin as the major preservative for most of the
premium commercial pet foods. She found when she took
animals off food containing the chemical, their problems
cleared up. Her subsequent research found that ethoxyquin
works as a trigger in some animals that sets off auto-immune
diseases. She says purebreds are especially susceptible.
The only long-term study done on dogs was conducted by
Monsanto, the company that first refined ethoxyquin for use
in animal feeds. The study was done in the 1950s and 60s and,
by today’s standards, seems unsophisticated. When the U.S.
Food and Drug Administration began receiving calls from
concerned dog owners, it took another look at the study.
The FDA decided not to intervene. It concluded that since
ethoxyquin had been in use for 30 years, the complaints
from dog owners carried no weight. Monsanto stood by its study.
Dr. Dodds says no study done in the 1950s is valid now because
scientific and medical requirements for conducting a study are
different today. The absence of any studies proving ethoxyquin
causes disease, leads some members of the veterinary community
to not share concerns about the chemical. Some find the anecdotal
evidence not compelling, and see ethoxyquin as simply the cause
of the day. Dr. Dodds insists the increase in environmental
challenges today may have caused things that were safe 20 years
ago, to be unsafe today.
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P.S. The first thing to do is Check your dog and cat’s
food to ensure that you are NOT feeding any of these
toxins. Then make sure you are not ingesting these
yourself.
P.P.S. I am finishing up some HUMONGOUS Bonuses To
Celebrate my Brothers upcoming wedding. He’s
NEVER been married before, so I wanted to let you
all in on my good feelings.
P.P.P.S. I was asked by a reader exactly what do I
now charge for coaching? Another fellow veterinarian
charges $250 per hour, but have no worries, because
the package that I am putting together, including
coaching, will surprise you as to how good a deal
it will be.
Stay tuned and enjoy your weekend.
It’s Your Pet. Heal Them At Home!
Best Wishes,
Dr Andrew Jones, DVM