Read an email from Wysong they got me wondering. Can't really afford Wysong foods although I'm on their mailing list. Was reading what he wrote about human grade pet food.
My cats get half cheap friskies pate in the big cans and also some other brands and proteins that are higher priced like mostly Fussie cat, little weruva, some other brands along the same lines. I buy those too because it's the only brands my local independent pet store carries and I prefer the paper litter they order for me. Also pick up a few purina beyond gravy foods at grocery store for them. They get some dry in their diet as well. Some iams hairball, Fromm, but only in small amounts. Diet is mostly wet. So was wondering, is friskies cheap can food the healthiest food my cats are eating? By the way, no raw food is allowed in my house, have a cat intolerant to all forms raw and there is always vomit without fail. Can anyone recommend a good quality cat food that is not owned by purina or any other big companies with organ meat? I remember murr seemed good but pet store stopped carrying it.
What do you think? Here is the article:
TRUTH 41: HUMAN GRADE EQUALS POOR NUTRITION
Dr. Wysong
Spurred on by horror stories about how pet foods contain road kill and euthanized pets, by-products, fillers and the like, the trend in pet foods is "human grade" ingredients.
There are several reasons to steer clear of this claim.
First, human grade can mean Coca Cola, marshmallows, French fries, Jolly Ranchers, and thick crust pizza. The term encompasses the four white poisons of white flour, white oil, white salt, and white sugar. Human grade ingredients are responsible for the epidemic of chronic degenerative diseases plaguing modern humans. So why visit the same results on our trusting pets?
Secondly, although "human grade" has an evocative ring, it has nothing to do with nutrition and health. It is merely marketing without conscience. Watch what primitive humans and carnivores eat in the wild. None of it is "human grade." Many things we now call by-products and non-human grade were the prized fare of our ancestors and our pet's ancestors. Don't judge an ingredient by its word cover. Your pet will do far better eating things like intestines, bones, bruised meat, organs, and rice bran than "human grade" pure white chicken breast and fluffy white flour. The natural archetypal model is what should be followed, not beguiling claims about "human grade" wholesomeness, and steam-cleaned purity.
And a final thought. What should become of all the nutritious "non-human grade" ingredients that are "by-products" of the human food supply chain? Do we just fill landfills with them so we can feed our pets more cosmetically pleasing, human grade, nutrient impoverished, "human grade," white meat and trimmed steaks? Further, this waste would mean that even more food animals would need to be raised and slaughtered. Doing such beyond what is necessary is cruelty to them and to the earth for the environmental toll taken.
Feed your dog and cat using reason, not emotionally charged human invented words like "human grade."
My cats get half cheap friskies pate in the big cans and also some other brands and proteins that are higher priced like mostly Fussie cat, little weruva, some other brands along the same lines. I buy those too because it's the only brands my local independent pet store carries and I prefer the paper litter they order for me. Also pick up a few purina beyond gravy foods at grocery store for them. They get some dry in their diet as well. Some iams hairball, Fromm, but only in small amounts. Diet is mostly wet. So was wondering, is friskies cheap can food the healthiest food my cats are eating? By the way, no raw food is allowed in my house, have a cat intolerant to all forms raw and there is always vomit without fail. Can anyone recommend a good quality cat food that is not owned by purina or any other big companies with organ meat? I remember murr seemed good but pet store stopped carrying it.
What do you think? Here is the article:
TRUTH 41: HUMAN GRADE EQUALS POOR NUTRITION
Dr. Wysong
Spurred on by horror stories about how pet foods contain road kill and euthanized pets, by-products, fillers and the like, the trend in pet foods is "human grade" ingredients.
There are several reasons to steer clear of this claim.
First, human grade can mean Coca Cola, marshmallows, French fries, Jolly Ranchers, and thick crust pizza. The term encompasses the four white poisons of white flour, white oil, white salt, and white sugar. Human grade ingredients are responsible for the epidemic of chronic degenerative diseases plaguing modern humans. So why visit the same results on our trusting pets?
Secondly, although "human grade" has an evocative ring, it has nothing to do with nutrition and health. It is merely marketing without conscience. Watch what primitive humans and carnivores eat in the wild. None of it is "human grade." Many things we now call by-products and non-human grade were the prized fare of our ancestors and our pet's ancestors. Don't judge an ingredient by its word cover. Your pet will do far better eating things like intestines, bones, bruised meat, organs, and rice bran than "human grade" pure white chicken breast and fluffy white flour. The natural archetypal model is what should be followed, not beguiling claims about "human grade" wholesomeness, and steam-cleaned purity.
And a final thought. What should become of all the nutritious "non-human grade" ingredients that are "by-products" of the human food supply chain? Do we just fill landfills with them so we can feed our pets more cosmetically pleasing, human grade, nutrient impoverished, "human grade," white meat and trimmed steaks? Further, this waste would mean that even more food animals would need to be raised and slaughtered. Doing such beyond what is necessary is cruelty to them and to the earth for the environmental toll taken.
Feed your dog and cat using reason, not emotionally charged human invented words like "human grade."
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