Kitties Junkies Boy, do I wish my other site was up now. I have a topic to write on that concerns us all. But before I begin, if any of you have pets--cats or dogs-- go grab their food. Get their dry food, canned food, and treats. Good, now read the labels.
Up 'til the other day I thought I was pretty conciencious about what I was feeding my pets. I knew about cats' requirements of protein, taurine, vitamins, etc. I knew that companies used animal bi-products in the food...though not to the effect or in the way I've recently learned, but that's a whole other post. Anyway, what I didn't realize, probably because I wasn't looking for it, was the amount of sugar in pet food! My cats have become sugar junkies!!!!
Read the labels. The 4th or 5th ingredient on canned food will be corn syrop or glucose. Treats? Full of sugar. "Reduced lactose cat milk" is just a way to keep your cat hooked. You think he loves his Kitty Milk...he really just loves the sugar. And even their staple kibble has hidden sugar in it. Would you feed your children frosted flakes all day every day? Neither would I.
So now my cats are being detoxed. Cleo, who once loved yogurt, now turns his nose up at it and begs for cat milk or treats or non-organic cat food. They do love their kibble, but I've switched them back to a holistic brand which contains only human grade meat, no corn, and flavours cats enjoy like cranberry.
But it has been 5 days of crying around our house. And they are not the only ones detoxing. Since I started their regime, we've cut down our sugar. We only eat natural source sugar-- fruits, vegetables, cane sugar in our yogurt...and a little real maple syrop on our multigrain pancakes tonight. Joel is even trying not to put it in his coffee.
You'd be surprised where sugar hides. If you can't figure out why your animal won't lose weight, I'd check the sugar first.
I have a lot of balanced recipes for animal food if you would like to switch over to a complete or partial homemade diet. I also have recipes for animal treats--all sugar free. Email me for details.
Up 'til the other day I thought I was pretty conciencious about what I was feeding my pets. I knew about cats' requirements of protein, taurine, vitamins, etc. I knew that companies used animal bi-products in the food...though not to the effect or in the way I've recently learned, but that's a whole other post. Anyway, what I didn't realize, probably because I wasn't looking for it, was the amount of sugar in pet food! My cats have become sugar junkies!!!!
Read the labels. The 4th or 5th ingredient on canned food will be corn syrop or glucose. Treats? Full of sugar. "Reduced lactose cat milk" is just a way to keep your cat hooked. You think he loves his Kitty Milk...he really just loves the sugar. And even their staple kibble has hidden sugar in it. Would you feed your children frosted flakes all day every day? Neither would I.
So now my cats are being detoxed. Cleo, who once loved yogurt, now turns his nose up at it and begs for cat milk or treats or non-organic cat food. They do love their kibble, but I've switched them back to a holistic brand which contains only human grade meat, no corn, and flavours cats enjoy like cranberry.
But it has been 5 days of crying around our house. And they are not the only ones detoxing. Since I started their regime, we've cut down our sugar. We only eat natural source sugar-- fruits, vegetables, cane sugar in our yogurt...and a little real maple syrop on our multigrain pancakes tonight. Joel is even trying not to put it in his coffee.
You'd be surprised where sugar hides. If you can't figure out why your animal won't lose weight, I'd check the sugar first.
I have a lot of balanced recipes for animal food if you would like to switch over to a complete or partial homemade diet. I also have recipes for animal treats--all sugar free. Email me for details.
posted by Laura at 4:37 PM
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