| There's no denying it, the best diabetic dog food can | | | | 3. In most countries, there are no laws to protect |
| reverse the diabetes. This is obvious when you | | | | your dog or his food. Or no really effective laws. This |
| realise that many, if not most, commercial dog foods | | | | means that anything is allowed. And so anything can |
| are the cause of so much ill health, including diabetes. | | | | (and does) happen. For example, the preservatives |
| Of course, there can be other reasons for diabetes, | | | | used would never be allowed in human food due to |
| but by far the most common is the food. Here are | | | | their toxicity, but are widely found in pet food, even |
| some of the reasons why this is the cause. | | | | those that claim they don't have any. |
| 1. Commercial dog food manufacturers are far more | | | | 4. Diet and nutrition is complicated. Humans have |
| concerned about their profit than about the health of | | | | really only just scratched the surface in knowing |
| your dog. This is the reason companies exist, to | | | | something about this subject. And know even less |
| make a profit. There's nothing wrong with this idea in | | | | about dog nutrition. So the claims made on pretty |
| itself. The problems occur when you forget this and | | | | packets are more about persuading you to buy, than |
| start to trust them implicitly. | | | | about giving you accurate and informative |
| 2. Because people tend to think that animals are | | | | information. |
| second class citizens, or perhaps third or tenth, | | | | Dogs have been evolving over millions of years. |
| everyone thinks their diet can be made from the | | | | Nature has perfected the art that all their nutritional |
| dregs of human food. Sometimes this can be done. | | | | needs can be gained from their diet. By feeding your |
| But you can't get away with it all the time. For | | | | dog according to natural laws, you can reverse the |
| example, high fat content, frequently used | | | | diabetes that has been caused by the diet. And |
| extensively in pet food, is as bad for your dog as it | | | | dramatically improve the health of the dog whose |
| is for you. | | | | diabetes was not caused by diet. |