Should You Trust Your Veterinarian's Nutritional Advice

Many pet owners believe that Veterinarians are thoroughly qualified to dispense nutritional advice. Most believe their nutritional training, without question, is second to none. We have been brainwashed to the point of not even considering the possibility that our Vets may not be as nutritionally trained as we might believe.

Some cat owners assume that the commercial pet food industry cares about our cats and we never consider another possibility. They produce ads that tell us their foods are good for our cats. They tell us that if we follow their advice, our pets would realize the same beneficial results as the pets in their commercials.

Unsuspecting pet owners believe what they hear and buy the advertised pet food. Some commercial pet food companies even place a premium price on their products to convince pet owners their product is superior in quality.

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

Up and coming Veterinarians, while in Vet schools, are bombarded with commercial pet food companys' propergander. The little nutritional training they do receive is done so by people with a vested interest in the pet food companies. They are buying Veterinarians' loyalty and this loyalty usually last throughout the Vet's career.

That's buying loyalty and that loyalty continues, barring any independent research by the Vet, throughout the Vet's career. That loyalty translates into cash for the Vet and the pet food companies.

The claims that the majority of pet food companies make, regarding their food, is false. The diet of our domestic cats should mimic their predecessors but they don't. The commercial Pet food companies use cheap and often harmful ingredients that cats should never eat.

Cats are obligate carnivores. Their physiology is not designed to digest most of the ingredients that most pet food companies put in their foods. The grains and other carbohydrates will cause illnesses in cats. They should be avoided.

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.

Evidence strongly suggests that many Veterinarians have been bought and paid for by the pet food industry. Moreover, it's unreasonable for us to think they can provide unbias, independent advice regarding our cats' nutritional needs. Vets lack the training to offer nutritional advice on our pets and making money takes presidence over independent research - educating themselves on the proper nutrition required for our pets should be their main concern but it's not.

Many Vets ignore the oath they sworn to uphold "First do no harm." They blatantly sell foods to you that cause harm to your pets

It's incumbent on you to learn what foods are beneficial for your cat(s). You need to take control of their diets thereby ensuring that they are getting wholesome foods that are beneficial to them.

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