Pet Nutrition

Many factors impact the overall health of your pets, and proper nutrition is a huge component. Poor quality foods can affect the entire body in numerous ways:

Conditions like biting and chewing paws, dry skin, chronic ear infections, hot spots, rashes, food allergies, gastrointestinal distress, and sore or stiff joints.
Severe diseases such as pet diabetes, obesity, arthritis, pancreatitis, cancer and FLUTD (feline lower urinary tract disease).
Poor digestion and assimilation, leading to reduced nutritional benefits and possibly reduced life expectancy.

People often think feeding their pet a healthy diet means spending a lot on pet food. They are often surprised to find out that natural pet foods arenï¿½ï¿½ï¿½t much more expensive than economy brands. Plus, after factoring in reduced portion sizes and fewer vet visits, a healthy diet can actually cost you less than a diet of food providing significantly reduced nutritional value.

The Low Nutrition Diet Cycle
A diet with low nutritional value impacts various areas of a petï¿½ï¿½ï¿½s internal body structure in the same way that humans would be affected:

Healthy organs responsible for elimination of toxins (skin, liver, kidneys) become compromised.
As toxins build up, healthy cells take in fewer nutrients and begin to weaken.
Other organs become overburdened, including the skeletal system (creating joint inflammation) and nervous system (affecting brain function and mood).
Unhealthy cells affect the strength of the immune system, making pet more susceptible to disease.
Symptoms of illness arise, requiring costly veterinary attention and medication treatment.