The-Truth-About-Pet-Foods

even nutritional test results if performed – but should not be permitted to
assert unproven conclusions such as “100% complete and balanced.”
With honest and true labeling, consumers can become more fully informed
and make more intelligent decisions.
This book is not to suggest that processed foods cannot be fed with
benefit. What is important is that they not be singularly relied upon and
that discernment be used in choosing brands.
There is no big secret as to what good nutrition is. We all intuitively
know. You don’t need a doctor or nutritionist to guide you, nor do you
need to know how many calories, or milligrams of vitamin A, are in each
meal.
Fresh natural food and variety are the cornerstones. It’s what any
thinking person does for their family. So why not do it for pets as well
Fresh foods from the grocer, wholesome table scraps, dry, canned
and frozen pet foods and supplements (designed properly) constitute the
ideal diet. It’s not about finding the cheapest food, the one your pet likes
the most, % protein, absence of bogeyman ingredients or commercial
ballyhoo by the manufacturer.
In the following section and in the Optimal Health Program (see pages
195-208), I outline the best health and feeding program. True, it involves
more than filling a bowl with convenient, easy-pour, super-bow-wow cutlets.
It’s just as in life; nothing good comes easy. So too in health, effort
is required.
Although there may be some added immediate cost, the long-term
dividends more than balance the ledger. Correct feeding will mean less
food (a savings), and diseases possibly averted can prevent medical costs.
This is not to mention avoiding the family trauma of having to contend with
the suffering of a beloved pet.
Pets put on the Optimal Health Program experience dramatic results.
We receive continuing testimonies of turnarounds in health and even
resolution of medical problems which had previously gone unresolved
with “special” diets and medical care (see Appendix B).
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