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As with people, gaining unwanted weight as well as obesity is a serious health and wellness care epidemic in buddy animals. There are several reasons for this growing epidemic: indiscriminate feeding methods by animal guardians, in addition to as well many additional treats as well as scraps from the table are all major factors in considerable weight gain in our dogs as well as cats.
Just like the circumstance with their parental human guardians, lack of exercise is likewise a major factor in the obesity epidemic of pets. This is extremely important to be conscious of, as overweight and/or obese pets are much more prone to urinary tract inflammation as well as crystals, diabetes, heart disease, in addition to joint as well as spinal issues to name just a few conditions.
With domesticated felines, the feeding of considerable amounts of dry food to cats commonly is the chief factor included in overweight/obese cats, as well as something as simple as getting rid of dry food in our cats’ diets goes a long method toward assisting prevent as well as even sometimes treating secondary obesity-related diseases, including urinary tract illness as well as diabetes. While the circumstance with dogs is not as striking, the feeding of processed carbohydrate based dry kibble diets has likewise been linked with overweight and/or obese animals, as well as the minimization or elimination of such diets is a extremely important element of any type of weight loss program.
While pet food manufacturers commonly market “weight loss” or low-fat diets as the method to lose weight in pets, in my experience as well as opinion, the feeding of many of these over-the-counter diets really contributes to weight gain as well as obesity, provided the high portion of carbohydrates as protein sources in these formulas. Therefore, most likely the very best method to get our animal companions to lose weight is to feed them a very little or low carb diet, which more carefully mimics a carnivore’s diets than many of the industrial pet foods fed to pets throughout this country. Ideally, this should be a appropriate as well as balanced, low carbohydrate home-prepared diet, as explained in the book The natural feline by Anitra Frazier, or Dr. Pitcairn’s guide to natural health and wellness for Dogs as well as Cats by Richard Pitcairn, DVM, PhD. However, if this is not possible, then feeding a more holistic, natural, low carb or preferably starch free wet food or low carb dry food diet plan would be acceptable. One of my preferred options right here is the formula established by Wysong called Epigen.
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