| What are the healthiest cat foods you can feed your | | | | Rendering plants use high temperatures and |
| cat which will ensure your cat the best health and | | | | pressures to process the carcasses. |
| the longest life? The perfect choice of cat food will | | | | The 'meat' is then bulked out with cheap filler to |
| make a huge difference to your cat's health. The | | | | make more economic sense to the supplier, but not |
| daily consumption of food stimulates or suppresses | | | | to your cat's health. Common filler is melamine, sugar, |
| the immune system, so getting it right is key to your | | | | any cheap grain, nut shells, etc. |
| cat's health. | | | | Because this 'food' is so short in nutrients, there is an |
| With all the confusing array of conflicting information | | | | attempt to address this shortfall by adding isolated |
| about, what really is a good, healthy cat food? Who | | | | and synthetic 'nutrients' These are completely out of |
| can you trust? Let's go back to basics and work up | | | | natural balance and at best are a waste of money, |
| from there. | | | | at worst can cause harm. |
| Cats evolved on eating their prey they had just killed. | | | | Other synthetic chemicals are added to improve the |
| Consider what the prey consists of, say a mouse. A | | | | texture, to colour, to flavour, to preserve, to |
| wild mouse will be well muscled, with little fat. There | | | | enhance the smell, to make it acceptable to your cat |
| are organs, which are in small amounts than the | | | | and so on. |
| muscle meat. There are small bones. The meat is raw | | | | Can you see the difference between a commercial |
| and very fresh. | | | | brand of cat food and their own 'brand'? |
| Compare this with what is typically put into | | | | Most natural foodists, including most holistic |
| commercial cat food. | | | | veterinarians, can give you first hand experience of |
| The meat is often meat by-products. Meat | | | | what a change of diet can do. Take a cat with a |
| by-products mean the result from rendering plants. | | | | recurring disease. Change the diet to a natural one. |
| Which is a collection of dead animals from road kill, | | | | Wait a week or two. The recurring disease |
| euthanised pets and horses, waste from slaughter | | | | disappears, never to return. |
| houses, such as fat, and the like. | | | | Most people would accept that as reliable evidence. |
| Carcasses can be left at the rendering plant for days | | | | Especially when it happens over and over again. |
| before being processed. | | | | |