| Every day, people by the millions pour
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| | and to extend shelf-life by
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| food from a package into their pet's
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| | sterilization. Dry foods are extruded at
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| bowl. Day in and day out, meal after
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| | hundreds of degrees and hundreds of
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| meal, pets get the same fare. This
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| | pounds of pressure. Canned foods are
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| strange phenomenon is widely practiced by
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| | retorted. Commercial pet foods also
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| loving pet owners who believe they are
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| | contain a mix of ingredients including
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| doing the right thing. Why? Certainly
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| | meats, fats, starches (a variety of label
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| because it is convenient, but also
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| | dressing "natural" ingredient buzzwords)
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| because the labels state that such foods
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| | and vitamin/mineral "fortifiers."
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| are "complete and balanced," "100%
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| | Although the ingredient label is
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| complete," or that they have passed
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| | evocative and beguiling, what is in the
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| various analytical and feeding test
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| | final product is another matter.
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| standards. Furthermore, manufacturers,
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| | Essential fatty acids are oxidized and
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| and even veterinarians, counsel pet
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| | isomerized. Cytotoxic, mutagenic and
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| owners about not feeding other foods,
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| | carcinogenic cholesterol oxidation
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| such as table scraps, because of the
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| | products (COP) are formed, including C-7
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| danger of unbalancing these modern
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| | derivatives, 5,6-epoxides, triols, 25-OHs
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| processed nutritional marvels. The power
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| | and 3,5-dienes - the real culprits in
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| of the message is so great that pet
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| | human atherogenesis, incidently. The
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| owners en masse do every day to their
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| | cooked meats form heterocyclic amines,
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| pets what they would never do to
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| | proteins are degraded and amino acids
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| themselves or their children - force-feed
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| | destroyed or racemized. Carbohydrates are
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| the same processed food at every meal.
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| | glycated, acrylamides are formed,
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| Think about it. Our world is complex
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| | vitamins destroyed, oxidized and
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| beyond comprehension. It is not only
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| | racemized and minerals are complexed into
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| largely unknown, it is unknowable in the
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| | unavailable matrices. The end result is a
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| "complete" sense. In order for
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| | potpourri of imbalance, unavailability
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| nutritionists and manufacturers to
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| | and toxicity - not "100% completeness."
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| produce a "100% complete and balanced"
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| | Yes, pets can survive for a time on such
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| pet food, they must first know 100% about
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| | fare, but that is simply a testament to
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| nutrition. However, nutrition is not a
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| | their physiological capacity to adapt.
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| completed science. It is, in fact, an
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| | They seek equilibrium at higher and
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| aggregate science, which is based upon
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| | higher levels of toxicity until adaptive
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| other sciences, such as chemistry,
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| | reserve is exhausted. Chronic
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| physics, and biology. But since no
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| | degenerative diseases and immune failure
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| scientist would argue that everything is
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| | is the end result. The point is, don't
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| known in chemistry, or physics, or
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| | believe the claim on any commercially
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| biology, how can nutritionists claim to
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| | prepared pet (or human) food that it is
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| know everything there is to know about
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| | "100% complete and balanced." It is a
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| nutrition, which is based upon these
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| | spurious unsupported boast, intended to
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| sciences? This is the logical absurdity
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| | build consumer trust and dependence on
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| of the "100% complete and balanced" diet
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| | commercial products - not create optimal
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| claim. It is the reason a similar venture
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| | health. Unfortunately, most people think
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| to feed babies a "100% complete" formula
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| | animal feeding is a mystery. It is not.
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| turned out to be a health disaster. In
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| | Animal nutrition is not a special
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| that instance, after sufficient disease
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| | nutritional science to which common sense
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| and death resulted from attempting to
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| | human nutrition principles cannot be
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| retire the human breast to a mere
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| | applied. Use the same reasoning in
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| appendage of adornment, government
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| | feeding your pets that you use for
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| stepped in and controlled the commercial
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| | feeding your family. Nutrition is also
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| hype. Now doctors, nurses and purveyors
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| | not about some special ingredient, the
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| of baby formulas cannot say these
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| | absence of some boogeyman ingredient, or
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| products are complete or that they are
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| | claims such as "natural," "organic," or
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| equal to or superior to breast-feeding.
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| | the like. If you feed processed foods,
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| Good for the regulators. (Although they
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| | use discernment since just about anyone
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| should have been proactive and prevented
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| | can create a commercial pet food. The pet
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| the disaster before it ever took root,
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| | food industry has hundreds of brands.
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| not have merely stepped in after enough
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| | Business profiteers and the occasional
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| deaths accrued.) Even with that lesson as
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| | movie star are the most common forces
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| a dire warning, pet food regulators turn
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| | behind the labels. All one needs is a
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| a blind eye. Instead of preventing pet
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| | little money and they can go to any
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| food producers from claiming a processed
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| | number of toll manufacturers and have
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| food concoction is 100% complete, they in
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| | them slightly modify a shelf formula.
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| effect promote the death and
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| | Then all that is needed is to dress it
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| disease-dealing specious claim by setting
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| | all up with a fancy package, a clever
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| bogus standards that supposedly justify
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| | brochure, and some advertising. Voila!
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| and authenticate the claim. They
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| | Another brand is added to the
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| legitimize sloppy science in order to win
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| | 20-billion-dollar pet food industry
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| consumer confidence. All a manufacturer
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| | heyday. Nutrition is a serious health
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| has to do is guarantee that their
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| | business, not a mere opportunity to turn
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| percentage of protein, fat and the like
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| | dollars. Check the credentials of the
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| meets National Research Council
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| | decision maker at the head of the company
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| standards. In the alternative,
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| | you are entrusting your pet's health to
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| manufacturers can do feeding trials on
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| | and examine closely its operating
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| caged laboratory animals for a few weeks,
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| | philosophy. Health competence and
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| measure cursory blood parameters, and
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| | principle should come before pretty
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| monitor growth and weight - as if
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| | packaging and beguiling hoopla. The
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| survival after a few weeks on a food has
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| | public is not well served by exclusively
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| anything to do with achieving optimal
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| | feeding products from companies without
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| health and long life! Down the primrose
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| | any real commitment to health… or
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| path millions of trusting pet owners go
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| | knowledge of how to even achieve it. For
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| while at the same time unknowingly
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| | the past 25 years, I have been a lonely
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| condemning their pets to terrible
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| | voice in the wilderness trying to get
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| degenerative diseases. Pet food
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| | people to understand the deadly health
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| regulators then spend the majority of
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| | consequences of feeding processed pet
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| their time harassing pet food companies
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| | foods exclusively. People want
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| with picayune requirements about
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| | convenience in a bag and the industry
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| terminology on packaging and where
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| | wants the flow of billions of dollars to
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| certain words must be placed on labels.
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| | continue uninterrupted. In the meantime,
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| In this regard manufacturers must contend
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| | the scientific literature offers
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| with the USDA (United States Department
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| | compelling proof that millions of animals
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| of Agriculture), FDA (Food and Drug
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| | have been maimed and killed as a result
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| Administration), AAFCO (American
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| | of feeding thoroughly tested "100%
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| Association of Feed Control Officials),
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| | complete" foods… with the full
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| and 50 State feed regulatory agencies.
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| | imprimatur of government regulation.
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| All for naught. It's like the entire
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| | (Exactly the same thing that abounds in
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| police force busying themselves ticketing
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| | the FDA-pharmaceutical industry.)
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| people for jaywalking while turning a
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| | Examples of pet food disasters include
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| blind eye to the murder and rape going on
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| | dilated cardiomyopathy from taurine
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| in the alleys. Claiming that anything is
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| | deficiency, potassium imbalances, fatty
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| 100% is like claiming perfection, total
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| | acid and carnitine deficiencies and
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| knowledge, and absolute truth. Has pet
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| | numerous other problems that would be
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| nutrition really advanced that far? Does
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| | expected on a steady diet of dead,
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| a chemist make such a claim? A physicist?
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| | devitalized, carbohydrate-based processed
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| Doctor? Professor? Did Einstein, Bohr,
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| | foods. Moreover, the whole panoply of
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| Pasteur, Aristotle, Plato, or any of the
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| | human chronic degenerative diseases such
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| greatest minds in human history make such
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| | as cancer, obesity, arthritis,
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| claims? No. Has the science of pet
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| | autoimmunities, dental deterioration and
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| nutrition advanced to the point where
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| | organ failure are at epidemic levels in
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| everything is known about the physiology,
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| | the pet population… as should be
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| digestion and biochemistry of animals, or
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| | expected on such a diet. "Thousands of
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| that everything is known about their
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| | pet cats die each year with dilated
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| food? Certainly not. The fact of the
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| | cardiomyopathy… observed in… cats fed
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| matter is that the "100% complete" claim
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| | commercial cat food…" (Science, Volume
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| is actually "100% complete" guesswork. At
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| | 237, pages 764-8) Not only is feeding the
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| best, one could say that such a claim is
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| | same processed food day in and day out a
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| the firm possibility of a definite maybe.
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| | formula for disease, it is a cruelty to
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| Each time regulatory agencies convene to
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| | pets. It is one thing to take them from
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| decide how much of which nutrients
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| | their interesting and active wild setting
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| comprise "100% completeness," debate
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| | and confine them, but to not even offer
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| always ensues and standards usually
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| | them interesting natural meal variety is
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| change. This not only proves that what
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| | really quite inexcusable. The answer,
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| they claimed before was not "100%
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| | like everything else good in life, is a
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| complete," but this should also make us
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| | little attention and common sense.
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| highly suspicious about what they now
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| | Knowledge is the best beginning point.
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| claim to be "100% complete." Moreover,
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| | Further reading and resources of
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| consider that in order to determine the
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| | scientific references: Wysong, R. L.
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| minimum requirement for a certain
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| | (2002). The Truth About Pet Foods.
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| nutrient - say protein - all other
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| | Midland, MI: Inquiry Press. Science,
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| nutrients used in the feeding trials must
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| | Volume 237, pages 764-8 Journal of the
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| be adequate and standardized. Otherwise,
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| | American Veterinary Medical Association,
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| if vitamin E, for example, is in excess
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| | Volume 199, pages 731-4 Journal of the
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| or is deficient in the basal diet, how
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| | American Veterinary Medical Association,
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| would one know if the results of the
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| | Volume 201, pages 267-74 Feline Practice,
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| study were because of the effects of
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| | Volume 20, Number 1, page 30 Journal of
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| protein or due to something amiss with
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| | the American Veterinary Medical
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| the level of vitamin E? If the minimum
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| | Association, Volume 202, pages 744-51
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| requirements for all 26+ essential
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| | Journal of the American Veterinary
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| nutrients were all set and absolutely
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| | Medical Association, Volume 191, pages
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| etched in stone, that would be one thing.
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| | 1563-8 Journal of Nutrition, Volume 129,
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| But they aren't. They are constantly
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| | pages 1909-14 Journal of Nutrition,
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| changing. This means each time any
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| | Volume 126, pages 984-8 Journal of the
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| nutrient requirement is changed, all test
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| | American Veterinary Medical Association,
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| results for all other nutrients using the
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| | Volume 203, pages 1395-1400 Journal of
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| wrong minimum for this nutrient would
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| | the American Veterinary Medical
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| then be invalid. Most nutritionists
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| | Association, Volume 198, pages 647-50
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| simply ignore this conundrum, feeling
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| | Veterinary Clinics of North America Small
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| like cowboys trying to lasso an octopus -
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| | Animal Practice, Volume 19, pages 527-37
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| there are just too many loose ends. But
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| | Veterinary Forum, Volume 9, pages 34-5
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| they continue to perpetuate the "100%
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| | Veterinary Forum, Volume 9, pages 26-8
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| complete" myth, and excuse themselves by
| |
| | American Journal of Veterinary Research,
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| saying they make adjustments when
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| | Volume 62, pages 1616-23 Petfood
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| necessary. An apology of "I'm sorry,"
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| | Industry, May/June 1998, pages 4-14
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| when the false premise of "100%
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| | Journal of Animal Science, Volume 75,
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| completeness" is still retained, deserves
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| | pages 2980-5 Veterinary Business, Volume
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| no forgiveness. Also consider that
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| | 2, page 1 Waltham International Focus,
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| virtually all so-called complete pet
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| | Volume 3, Number 1, page 9 For further
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| foods are vigorously heat processed to
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| | reading, or for more information about,
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| gelatinize the unnatural starch
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| | Dr Wysong and the Wysong Corporation
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| components (making them "digestible" -
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| | please visit or write to .
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| meaning more easily converted to glucose)
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