Avocados

After someone suggested Avoderm is a good cat food, I decided to check it out. At first I thought, "No way, avocados are bad for cats." Then I saw a link on my search results to an article about the benefits of avocados, which explains why avocado oil is safe for feline consumption.

http://www.avodermnatural.com/About/why_avocados.htm

OK, so avocado oil is safe for cats because they don't use the skin, leaves, seeds, or pit. But is the company's claim avocados improve skin a lie or proven fact? I understand there is a big difference between getting fat on a useless fruit and getting sick on onions, grapes, and garlic. If avocados are not beneficial to cats should i scratch Avoderm off the list of good cat foods? Do cats with skin problems really need avocados?

Well first off you know you cannot trust what a pet food company claims about their product..you've seen that when you posted your thread about wet food ingredients and Blue Buffalo's analysis of veggies here: http://www.thecatsite.com/t/245771/wet-food-ingredient-comparisons#post_3220405.

Or you can look up Meow Mix and see on the website that they claim to use high quality ingredients in their pet food when we clearly know that is not true. When it comes to pet food, you really cannot trust product claims unless they have scientific evidence to back it up, otherwise its just marketing ploys.

When it comes to Avocados and pet food we know the fruit is poisonous to them, however there isn't much evidence that I am aware of on the effects of the oil just yet, but if say peanuts are toxic to me, I would not consume peanut oil without proper evidence showing that it was 100% safe to ingest. As an owner its under YOUR discretion to feed avocado oil to your pet IMHO.

The claim about skin relief is flawed, because cats cannot digest plant-based ingredients for fat or protein, for example flaxseed oil does not provide cats with omega's (but its added so that consumers believe the food is providing omega 3s when its actually not). They have to get their omega's from animal sources, so their claim seems false to me. 

The claim about skin relief is flawed, because cats cannot digest plant-based ingredients for fat or protein, for example flaxseed oil does not provide cats with omega's (but its added so that consumers believe the food is providing omega 3s when its actually not). They have to get their omega's from animal sources, so their claim seems false to me. 

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Yes, I agree. I personally wouldn't risk it. I know Avoderm claims that their products are 100% safe, but companies can claim anything.