conuly

The raw foods debate:

I'm for frozen-and-thawed raw meats as a strong supplement to a pet's diet...NOT COOKED (which does destroy some nutrients, and if bones are left in they become hard and brittle). There's a reason why cooked table scraps are generally not good for pets.

See how "convenience foods" have made us? Americans are more prone to be overweight now, with big hype to take vitamin supplements, and still we have dietary deficiencies. Now most people in this country don't know what it's like to eat a very tasty whole organically grown raw vegetable. I know I was healthier when I had more access to it (my parents grow organic veggies in a little garden; I don't get much of it anymore), probably indeed partly because of it.

I remember a science project I did for school that showed our compost soil supplement was more beneficial to the growth of bean plants than some of the best commercial fertilizer. It surprised my teacher, but (partly because of my stubbornness and general skepticism of human agendas) it didn't surprise me that "helping nature do its job" for our garden produced better results.

I don't see why a well-rounded raw diet would be harmful, unless a particular pet's dietary needs indicated something more formulated...and of course you'll pay more for better feed, but chances are that it IS better than cheap by-product-and-grain stuff (always check that label though).