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What is a Nutritious Cat Food?

March 14, 2011 By gbnutrit Leave a Comment

Article by Madeleine Innocent

When you walk down the isles of the cat food section in any supermarket, you could be forgiven for thinking that all the big brand names were offering you the most nutritious cat food for a healthy cat.

Can you believe the advertising, the pretty pictures and sage words by ‘veterinarians’?

Not on your life!

Turn the packet or tin over and you’ll see what constitutes ‘quality’ ingredients – meat by-products.

Meat by-products are the net result of a rendering plant. Rendering plants take the waste from slaughter houses – typically heads, hooves, intestines (including the contents…). Many also get their ‘raw material’ from veterinary clinics (euthanised dogs and cats), road kills, euthanised or dead zoo animals, horses and the like.

This not only means the quality of meat is very low, but that you are turning your cat into a cannibal.

The chemical that is used to euthanise animals cannot be broken down in the cooking process, which means your cat is living on a diet of a fatal chemical.

Most of the top brands of cat food then bulk out this ‘meat’ with a filler. This makes the end product much more profitable for them, but much less nutritious for your cat, if you thought it was in the first place.

Fillers tend to be whatever is currently cheap in the world market. Sugar can be used. So can melamine. I’m sure you’ve heard of all the deaths of cats from cat food manufacturers importing melamine from China.

Don’t imagine that it has gone away. It’s just been buried a bit deeper.

Because the manufacturers want to keep this ‘nutritious cat food’ on the shelf indefinitely (good for marketing), preservatives are then added. Two of the worst ones are ethoxyquin (which can give factory workers symptoms similar to agent orange poisoning) and formaldehyde (which is great for preserving or embalming dead bodies).

Animal fat is a bit of a problem, as humans tend not to eat much of it. So a lot goes into pet food. Look at what your butchers sells as pet food. One butcher told me that it’s a common practice to add beetroot juice to fat and sell it as pet food. If that’s done openly, imagine what goes on behind closed doors.

Don’t risk the health of your cat by believing those with a vested interest that their product is nutritious cat food.

There are undoubtedly some ethical and conscientious manufacturers of cat food, who really do make real, nutritious cat food, which is healthy. But these are often small and threaten the bigger companies who then buy them up, but retain the label.

For my money, the best way to ensure your cat is consistently getting a nutritious cat food is to do it yourself. Buy the raw ingredients and make up the meals yourself.

It really isn’t difficult. It just takes a bit of time while you get your head around the notion. Then it’s just a question of repeating the same thing every week.

It’s not even time consuming. Once you have learnt to do it once, you just keep repeating the same thing, while differing one or two ingredients to give your cat a variety.

The most nutritious cat food which will ensure your cat has the healthiest and longest life possible, is when you care enough to purchase each ingredient for its nutrient content and freshness.

After all, putting a packet of meat in your trolley is no more difficult than putting in a packet of commercial cat food.

About the Author

Written by Madeleine Innocent.
Do you want to learn more about natural health, in particular homeopathy? Check out my free ebook Better Health for Cats, by clicking on the website link below.
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http://www.naturallyhealthycats.com

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Most Nutritious Vegetables

March 14, 2011 By gbnutrit Leave a Comment

Article by Joreel

Most Nutritious Vegetables



Most of the younger ones right now are not accustomed in eating vegetables; they don’t like the soggy texture of it and its weird taste. But they don’t know that eating vegetables if very good to our body, keeps you to be fit and healthy, like fruits, it has anti-oxidants and fibers, Nutritious vegetables has anti-aging properties and can help you prevent different types of cancer.



So here are some of the most Nutritious Vegetables that you can add to your daily diet.



1.Broccoli- This nutritious vegetable has phytochemical sulforaphane and indole-3-carbinol that can fight and prevent some certain types of cancers.



2.Spinach- wonder why Popeye the sailor man becomes strong when he gulps a can of Spinach? This nutritious vegetable, Spinach has an anit-cancer properties, it is also rich in Vitamin A and K and folate.



3.Sweet potato – This nutritious vegetable is rich in Fibers, Calcium, Potassium, Folate, Vitamin A and Vitamin C. This is really an amazing root crop.



4.Tomatoes- although tomato is considered as a fruit, still most of us think and prepare this red fruit as a vegetable. This fruit is rich in lycopene. Lycopene is said to reduce the risk of certain cancers including prostate and breast cancer.



5.Bell Pepper – This nutritious vegetable contains a chemical capsaicin that may reduce cancer. Rich in vitamin A and C and B6 as well, it also know to neutralize free radicals.



6.Carrots – as will all know, carrots is rich in beta-carotene, which help reduce certain cancers. It is also good for our eye sight. This vegetable is very rich in Vitamin Also helps to reduced the risk of heart diseases. This is really one of the most nutritious vegetables around.

Most Nutritious Vegetables

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Joreel Diaz
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Likes: Animals, Plants, Books, Computers
Nationality: Filipino

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How Important is a Nutritious Diet?

March 14, 2011 By gbnutrit Leave a Comment

Article by Christine Crotts

In our busy world, many of us go through our day eating whatever is available at the time with little conscious awareness of how that food contributes to our efforts to remain healthy. When it comes to nutrition, diet is the single biggest contributor to overall health and well being, which makes how and what we eat more important than we realize. For most of us, the need to eat a nutritious diet is something about which we rarely think – as we eat to satisfy immediate hunger, provide energy when we are tired, or just because the clock tells us it is time.

Talk to your body

Your body, however, may be sending you various signals that you have failed to answer. Many of us experience cravings or unexplained hunger pangs within an hour or two after eating some less than nutritious food. We usually answer the call by eating something equally outside of the purviews of a nutritious diet and then wonder why the hunger refuses to go away. The fact is that your body has ways of crying out for food that meets its needs for a nutritious diet – you just have to be open to what your body is telling you.

Benefits of nutrition

The fact is that a diet high in nutritious value is something we should all seek for our own well being and general health. A nutritious diet, rich in vitamins, minerals, and the building blocks of life, is essential for a variety of reasons. To begin with, you need carbohydrates for the glucose that your body uses for fuel. Without it, you will be sluggish and tired all of the time. Proteins are required to provide the amino acids that help to maintain your muscle tissues. Even fat has its place in your nutritious diet, as it helps to regulate hormones and protect your membranes.

Calcium is critical for maintaining the health of your teeth and bones, and is but one of the raw ingredients that you can obtain from a nutritious diet. Vitamins can be found in abundance in your nutritious diet, and are critical components in helping you to enjoy a healthier body. Many of them work together with the aforementioned components to help your body function properly. B vitamins, for example, assist in the breakdown of carbohydrates, while A and C help your vision and immune system.

Putting it together

The hard part about nutritious diet planning is that most of us don’t see proteins, carbs, or vitamins when we eat. You don’t eat protein, after all – you chew on a piece of steak or a handful of nuts. Carbohydrates don’t just magically appear as part of our nutritious diet plan; we eat vegetables and grains and other foods that contain carbohydrates and allow our bodies to do their parts. To really put together nutritious diet with which you can be satisfied doesn’t have to be difficult, however. If you eat a variety of fresh vegetables, meats, fruits, and grains each and every day, you can rest assured that your nutritional needs will be more than well met.

About the Author

Christine Crotts enjoys the evenings where she can dress up and feel like royalty. Christine has written a site containing reviews on bedroom vanity table, as well as vanities for bedrooms.

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