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