| We certainly love fried foods; fries, | | | | any kind of working knowledge of |
| chicken, fish, corn dogs, donuts, even | | | | nutrition you will be appalled at what |
| veggies are battered and deep fried. | | | | every one of these companies is calling |
| Lunches and dinners are often | | | | food. And if that is not bad enough, the |
| accompanied with potato chips, corn | | | | so-called vitamins and minerals they |
| chips, tortilla chips, and they are | | | | include are the poorest quality, least |
| eaten as snacks. | | | | beneficial, made from coal tar. |
| The FDA estimates the average American | | | | Do not think for a minute that canned |
| eats 4.7 pounds of trans fats each year. | | | | foods or that all so-called natural pet |
| And that is just the amount that the | | | | foods or are much better; they are not! |
| fried foods absorb! | | | | If you are wondering why the FDA has not |
| What about the majority of the oil that | | | | stepped in, the fact is most of the |
| stays in the fryer? Though rarely done, | | | | human foods on grocery store shelves are |
| and depending on use, this oil may need | | | | as bad. It would seem that the FDA is |
| to be replaced many times a day. Once it | | | | just another feel good government agency |
| is spent anything cooked in it tastes | | | | that is little more than a toothless |
| funky. Alas, most of the time fresh oil | | | | tiger. |
| is added to the spent oil. Eventually | | | | No wonder tens-of-millions of cats and |
| though, it all gets replaced. | | | | dogs have similar diseases to humans. We |
| Ever wonder what becomes of the used fry | | | | are eating much of the same diet. |
| oil? | | | | "Fully 90% of all disease is caused by |
| The law requires all restaurants to have | | | | an unhealthy intestinal system" |
| grease traps. The more fried food, the | | | | Royal Society of Medicine Great Britain |
| faster they fill up. Grease removal is | | | | The more things you eat that are not |
| big business. But what do the Grease | | | | healthy, the greater the probability you |
| Haulers do with it? | | | | will become unhealthy! |
| What do you think of when you hear the | | | | The good news: Most diseases can be |
| term "Recycling". Only good things, | | | | reversed, especially in pets. Why pets |
| right? | | | | more than us? Well, they can not cheat |
| The haulers make even more money | | | | on their diet. |
| recycling the grease from these traps. | | | | Your pet's optimum diet is really quite |
| Sounds good so far, right? What could | | | | basic. To know what is best for them you |
| this rancid, carcinogenic goop possibly | | | | only have to observe their wild |
| be used for- an alternative fuel source | | | | relatives whose diet consists of fresh |
| perhaps? No, not exactly. | | | | kill, supplemented with grasses and |
| What could possibly be worse than | | | | dirt. |
| ingesting 4.7 pounds of trans-fat oils | | | | Cats and dogs instinctively eat grass |
| per year? | | | | and dirt for the microflora and soil |
| A dirty little secret of the dry pet | | | | based microorganisms (SBOs) that are |
| food industry is that they buy the | | | | essential digestive aids. Due to |
| haulers oil and spray it on dry pet | | | | pesticides, insecticides, chemical run |
| food! What- Why? To give this otherwise | | | | off, and chlorinated lawn water, today |
| tasteless high temperature extruded, | | | | these essential soil and grass digestive |
| nutrition-less bulk some flavor! If you | | | | aids are non-existent. |
| stick your hand into the dry food you | | | | Whatever diet your cats and dogs are |
| will get this oil residue all over it. | | | | currently on, slowly introduce a more |
| Whether you own cats and dogs, or not, | | | | natural diet. Feed them raw or lightly |
| spend a few minutes in the pet "food" | | | | cooked grass fed meats, free range |
| section of your grocery store. The first | | | | chicken and wild fish (not farm raised!) |
| thing you will notice is that this | | | | that are preferably organic as well as |
| section is more like an entire aisle. | | | | antibiotic and hormone free. |
| The competition for the pet food dollar | | | | Supplement this more natural diet with |
| is fierce. Each company outdoing the | | | | essential digestive enzymes, omega 3 |
| next with ever more eye catching | | | | rich oils and SBOs formulated |
| packaging. If their combined | | | | specifically for cats and dogs. If your |
| advertising budgets went into the actual | | | | cat or dog is sickly or diseased, you |
| product, cats and dogs would be a whole | | | | must also introduce soothing agents and |
| lot healthier! | | | | anti-inflammatories. |
| Check out the ingredients. If you have | | | | |