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17<br />

THE “USE A PET FOOD WITH<br />

NO PRESERVATIVES” MYTH<br />

Fats and oils as they exist within natural living food are stable.<br />

Natural biochemicals, called antioxidants, prevent living food<br />

biochemicals from oxidation and rancidity. (It should be noted,<br />

PROCESSING DESTRUCTION OF<br />

NUTRIENT PROTECTION<br />

<strong>The</strong> Whole Grain –<br />

In Its Protective Covering<br />

<strong>The</strong> Ground Grain –<br />

Now Fragile<br />

Glutathione<br />

PX<br />

SOD<br />

Fragile<br />

Nutrients<br />

Protected Catalase<br />

Vitamin<br />

E<br />

Vitamin C<br />

Processing<br />

GSH-Px<br />

Vit. E<br />

Cu<br />

Se<br />

Vit. C<br />

Heat<br />

Light<br />

Zn, Se, Ca, Cu<br />

Zn<br />

SOD<br />

Oxygen<br />

Heat, Light and Oxygen can now<br />

[ penetrate and degrade nutrients ]<br />

Heat<br />

Light<br />

Oxygen<br />

Fig. 32. Within whole plants, nutrients are protected by a variety of<br />

natural antioxidants and other protectants. Once food is processed and<br />

fractionated, these protective elements are lost, exposing the fragile<br />

nutrients to degradation.<br />

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