Is Your Veterinarian Qualified to Give Nutritional Advice?

Many pet care-givers are convinced that Veterinarians are highly trained to dispense nutritional advice. Their beliefs are so strong that they never second guess it. Cats owners opinion of Vets is so engrained that they never even think that this belief could be wrong.

When we see commercial pet food ads on TV or read their ads in print, we have no reason to doubt their claims. So we, the trusting public, is so convinced by their ads we put the nutritional needs of our pets in their hands.

For the most part, we are trusting people and therefore we have no reason to doubt their claims. When the commercial pet food companies put a high price on their food, we are totally convinced that their product is good

Could the commercial pet food companies be hiding the truth from us?

In Veterinarian schools across the country, little nutrition training is given and the little that is given is often administered by pet food company's employees. Their main objective is to buy loyalty. They achieve their objective by giving cash, equipment, banners and free food to the schools. The up-and-coming Vets receive greatly discounted or free food to sell in their practice.

Barring any independent research by the Veterinarian, this bought loyalty will continue throughout the Veterinarian's career

What about the food the pet food companies claim to be wholesome, nutritional, 100% natural and complete? That statement is false. Our domestic cats are descendents of the wild cats that roam the African and Asian Continents. Domestic cats' diets should mimic their predecessors. However, today's commercial pet foods are chocked with harmful, processed and often toxic ingredients.

Because of a cat's physiology, they cannot digest many of the ingredients included in commercial cat foods. Prolong consumption of carbohydrates and other cheap ingredients will harm and are often fatal to cats. Cats are obligate carnivores and should be fed accordingly.

Preservatives like; Ethoxyquin, BHA and BHT have been liked to cancer and other health-related problems. Consumer complaints have flooded the Food and Drug Administration regarding illnesses suffered by their pets when fed food containing these preservatives by the FDA has chosen not to act.

In the final analysis, I've shared with you information that many Veterinarians are ill-equipped to provide nutritional advise for your cat or dog. Moreover, many Vets are bought and paid for by the pet food industry and their main objective is to make money.

Selling harmful foode to you for your pets is a blatant disregard to the creed they swore to uphold "First do no harm."

Love your cat(s) enough to take the time to learn what foods are good for them. Don't leave this chore to strangers - you need to be the one that learns what's good for you pet and feed them those foods.

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