| Deteriorating cat health and diabetes in particular | | | | formaldehyde, both of which are added to many |
| seem to be much more widely spread than they | | | | commercial cat foods to increase the shelf life. |
| once were, a few decades ago. If you find out what | | | | However, these preservatives would never be |
| the cause is, then you are in a much better position | | | | allowed in human food. And there is a growing |
| to remedy that, to take appropriate action. This has | | | | awareness of the dangers of preservatives used in |
| the potential of reversing the diabetes. | | | | human food. |
| One of the most common misconceptions today is | | | | How much worse these harmful and toxic chemicals |
| that commercial cat food is ‘perfectly | | | | must be for our beloved pets. |
| balanced’ and ‘natural’. Neither of these | | | | Commercial cat food is often just a blend of low |
| statements can ever be true, as humans know so | | | | grade meat by-products, cheap filler and a chemical |
| little about the complexities of food. | | | | cocktail of colours, appetite stimulants, synthetic |
| For example, it wasn’t that long ago that taurine | | | | nutrients and preservatives. |
| was discovered at essential for a cat’s health. It | | | | The filler is often sugar, as sugar is frequently over |
| occurs naturally in fresh meat, a cat’s natural | | | | produced and so cheap on the world market. Do you |
| food. Why wait for other discoveries to be made, | | | | consider feeding your cat high concentrations of |
| when all you have to do is to feed your cat in | | | | refined sugar healthy? Do you think that this alone |
| accordance with her evolutionary history? | | | | may contribute to your cat’s diabetes? |
| People have been manufacturing food, for both | | | | It’s always worth questioning everything. |
| humans and animals only recently, in terms of our | | | | It’s better to be sure that what you’re |
| evolution. In the past decade or two, there have | | | | feeding your cat is not doing harm. It’s better |
| been many more introductions of processed food | | | | not to trust those with a profit motive. |
| ingredients. Ingredients that tend to benefit the | | | | A diet of quality raw meat and bones is in |
| manufacturer, but do little for your health, or may | | | | accordance with your cat’s evolution. By making |
| actually harm it. | | | | the switch you may be able to reverse the diabetes |
| Such as the preservatives ethoxyquin and | | | | altogether. |