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Healthy food for pets: Dr. Lisa Newman reveals the pet health-enhancing ingredients in Azmira Holistic Animal Care products (part 2 of 4) Mike Adams, the Health Ranger See article keywords and concepts

We see these on all pet food bags. Newman: Exactly. Again, that is just the percentage of the fiber, the fat and the nutrients in that bag. It doesn't tell you the quality of those ingredients. It's also misleading in that if that's 32 percent, for example, my 32 percent protein is a much higher quality of animal protein than other bags that say 32 percent protein at 10 percent coming from animal meat and 22 percent coming from animal sources. Even worse, they use soybean because it's high in protein. They'll use soybean in dog food. If you see soybean in your dog food, run.

I haven't been given any free pet food, either. Newman: Remember, we don't put a lot of money into marketing. Mike: Exactly. People know my style. I never accept money from product manufacturers, so this is unbiased. I think Dr. Newman has a very important message, so let's continue exploring that message. The second ingredient on the bag is whole ground barley. Why is this the second ingredient, and what is the advantage of it? Newman: When you're making a dry food, you need something to create a biscuit-type quality, so you can end up with the dry kibble.

The Healthy Home: An Attic-to-Basement Guide to Toxin-Free Living Linda Mason Hunter See book keywords and concepts

Making your own pet food is preferable to buying commercial pet foods. However, if you don't want to cook for your pet, be sure that what you buy does not contain food coloring, slaughterhouse by-products, preservatives, sugar or sweeteners, or artificial flavorings. Avoid generic pet food. Once you've taken away the cost for marketing and distribution of generic food, there's very little money left for good nutrition and protein. Housebreaking Can anything loom more darkly than the prospect of housebreaking a pet? Probably not, but the process does not have to be a long and difficult one.

Pet health companies combine efforts to promote Dr. Marty Goldstein's new book on holistic pet health Mike Adams, the Health Ranger See article keywords and concepts

In all, over $200 in bonus reports, subscriptions, pet food samples and discounts were rounded up, and you can see them all by clicking here. It's an astonishing offer. I've never seen so much industry support for a single book, but knowing how much the pet-owning public is clamoring for natural solutions to pet health problems, I'm not really surprised. Today's informed pet owners are demanding real answers about non-toxic therapies that can genuinely help their pets overcome disease and get healthy.

Slow Food Nation: Why Our Food Should Be Good, Clean, And Fair Carlo Petrini See book keywords and concepts

IFF s snack and savory lab is responsible for the flavor of potato chips, corn chips, breads, crackers, breakfast cereals, and pet food. The confectionery lab devises the flavor for ice cream, cookies, candies, toothpastes, mouthwashes, and antacids... In addition to being the worlds largest flavor company, IFF manufactures the smell of six of the ten best-selling fine perfumes in the United States, including Estee Lauder's Beautiful, Clinique's Happy, Lancome s Tresor, and Calvin Klein s Eternity...

Grocery Warning: How to recognize and avoid the groceries that cause cancer, diabetes, heart disease, high cholesterol, high blood pressure, and other common diseases Mike Adams See book keywords and concepts

Retail dry pet food frequently contains ruminant meat and bone meal. Out-of-date dry cat and dog food is sometimes sold as salvage and ends up in cattle feed. My own comments on the feeding of chicken litter to cattle, which are posted at http://www.madcownews.org, are as follows: This is fascinating news for several reasons, not the least of which is the fact that chicken litter is being fed to cattle in the U.S. and, therefore, cows are ingesting highly toxic arsenic that's contained in the chicken litter.

Big Pharma takes over veterinary medicine; dogs and cats drugged with chemicals for profit Mike Adams, the Health Ranger See article keywords and concepts

We earn nothing from the sale of Azmira products and have no financial ties. I've called Dr. Newman several times and found her and her staff to be incredibly knowledgeable, polite and highly motivated to help improve the health of pets everywhere. Please have patience with them, however. They have more calls than they can easily handle. You may spend time on hold or need to call back later. Please respect their time, as they are providing a much-needed service with the phone consultation.

Medicine at gunpoint: Seattle mother arrested for "kidnapping" her own baby to seek alternative treatments Mike Adams, the Health Ranger See article keywords and concepts

Jonathan Wright, the "CoQ10" raid on Highland Laboratories, the El Cajon pet food store raid (the owner committed the "crime" of saying that vitamins were good for pets) and multiple, armed "terror-style" raids against the Life Extension Foundation, among many others. The FDA has confiscated "dangerous" products like flaxseed oil, herbal tea, vitamin C and CoQ10, all in its quest to save the public from the terrible dangers of nutritional medicine.

Natural Health Solutions Mike Adams See book keywords and concepts

Planned, organized, and took part in armed "SWAT-style" raids on vitamin shops, pet food stores, and even a church. Knowingly approved harmful food additives for widespread use in the food supply (such as aspartame, which has a rather dubious history and has been proven toxic in several studies), even when its own safety experts recommended denying approval. Allowed the continued legal use of harmful, cancer-causing food additives in the national food supply such as sodium nitrite (which causes cancer and yet is intentionally added to nearly all processed meats).

Healthy food for pets: Dr. Lisa Newman reveals the pet health-enhancing ingredients in Azmira Holistic Animal Care products (part 2 of 4) Mike Adams, the Health Ranger See article keywords and concepts

Newman: Did you know that most of the money a company earns on its pet food goes into marketing? It doesn't go into the bag of food. There are literally pennies on the dollar of nutrition in the food. You can buy a four-pound bag of food for $4 in a grocery store. You have to take into consideration that the food had to be shipped. That is at least $1 anywhere in the country. Well that's at least 25 to 35 cents for a four-pound bag. The handling is going to run about another $1.50. Then, you have to decide how much markup the distributor, the one that is going to take it to the retailer, gets.

The forced poisoning of Abraham Cherrix, the tyranny of modern medicine, and state-sponsored assaults on health freedom Mike Adams, the Health Ranger See article keywords and concepts

The FDA has also organized and conducted multiple armed, SWAT-style raids against health clinics, vitamin shops and even a pet food store. Once, the FDA raided a church and confiscated literally tons of church literature that helped people with mental health issues. Senior citizens returning from Canada were also detained and searched for legal drugs that they purchased at discounts across the Canadian border. Again and again, the FDA and the quack promoters of conventional medicine resort to the use of firearms (or the threat of using them) to enforce our modern system of monopoly medicine.

Pet health supplements, disease prevention and miracle pet cures: an exclusive interview with Dr. Lisa Newman, formulator of the Azmira Holistic Pet Care products (part 4 of 4) Mike Adams, the Health Ranger See article keywords and concepts

Newman: I would never do that anyway, because my pet food retailers have been the ones to help me grow. I would never undersell them by selling to PetSmart, PETCO or a grocery store chain. Besides, these companies wouldn't want my food, because I don't have a high enough mark-up. I couldn't cut my food any cheaper for them, and that is what they demand. Mike: For the last few minutes here, I want to shift gears. There is a lot of debate out there, which I find astounding, about the level of understanding and consciousness animals have and whether animals deserve to be treated like humans.

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Healthy food for pets: Dr. Lisa Newman reveals the pet health-enhancing ingredients in Azmira Holistic Animal Care products (part 2 of 4) Mike Adams, the Health Ranger See article keywords and concepts

The first two ingredients in this particular bag of pet food are lamb meal and whole ground barley. The first is lamb, which is very important because it is not filler. Newman: Right. You should always have a meat as your first ingredient, whether it's lamb, beef, chicken or whatever. But more important is the meal part of it. Now, people are scared of meat byproduct and meal byproduct, and that is something you should be afraid of. The difference between meal and whole meat is the fact that you take three pounds of whole muscle meat and you dehydrate it down to one pound of meal.

The Pathological Protein: Mad Cow, Chronic Wasting, and Other Deadly Prion Diseases Philip Yam See book keywords and concepts

The number of actual FSE cases was probably much higher, especially in the late 1980s to early 1990s, before pet food makers stopped using offal in 1989 and the government banned SBO in all animal feed.28 (Beginning in 1994, FSE cases had to be reported to the government.) The discovery of such cases, plus the deaths of various exotic zoo animals, offered solid evidence that the prion strain of BSE could jump to different species. Moreover, although lab experiments demonstrated that cats could contract aTSE, felines seem to be immune to scrapie.

Nontoxic, Natural and Earthwise Debra Lynn Dadd See book keywords and concepts

I discoveted an ironic cruelty-free twist about pet food while I was reading labels: one major brand of natutal pet food is owned by a major animal-testing corpora-tion (Science Diet is owned by Colgate-Palmolive). So read those labels for more than just the ingredients. HOMEMADE ALTERNATIVES • Raw organically grown meat. When my cat was sick, that's all she would eat; she wouldn't even take milk.

Prescription for Dietary Wellness: Using Foods to Heal Phyllis A. Balch, CNC See book keywords and concepts

High-protein canned pet food, which has high acidity, can be balanced by adding V2 teaspoon of wheat grass powder per Vi cup of food. Green Drinks These are natural food formulas made from dehydrated green super foods, including dark green leafy vegetables. They are good detoxifiers and blood cleansers. Available in health food stores, they are usually sold in powder form (though some companies offer capsules or caplets also) to be mixed into juices just before use. Kyo-Green from Wakunaga of America Company is one such drink.

Healing Pets With Nature's Miracle Cures Henry Pasternak, D.V.M., C.V.A. See book keywords and concepts

Unlike bacteria and viruses, these hormones are not destroyed by the high temperatures or pressure cooking used in the manufacture of pet food. Cats seem to be most adversely affected by high hormone levels.3 Pet food manufacturers have solved the problem of palatabil-ity by spraying fat or "digest" on kibble. The fat also acts as a binder for other flavor enhancers. Unfortunately, it creates another problem: rancidity. Rancid fat can accelerate free radical damage and cause a variety of diseases. To prevent rancidity, powerful antioxidants are added.

Many preservatives make their way into pet food at rendering plants before the meat is even sent to the manufacturer. An analysis of several pet foods labeled "chemical free" or "all natural ingredients" found synthetic antioxidants in all samples.5 With continued use, low levels of these synthetic antioxidants may build up in the tissues; ingestion of small doses over time may be just as toxic as a single large dose. About 60 percent of all herbicides, 90 percent of all fungicides, and 30 percent of all insecticides are considered to be cancer causing in and of themselves.

So since pet food is considered animal feed, the use of EQ is also permitted in pet food. The fish industry uses high levels of EQ; factory workers exposed to it exhibited side effects similar to those of agent orange: a dramatic rise in liver or kidney damage, cancerous skin lesions, hair loss, blindness, leukemia, fetal abnormalities, and chronic diarrhea. In animals, EQ has been linked to immune deficiency syndrome; spleen, stomach, and liver cancers; and a host of allergies.10 Many factors can lead to cancer.

Optimal Wellness Ralph Golan, M.D. See book keywords and concepts

An FDA review committee acknowledged desserts, pastry, pet food, problems, but said evidence of harm was not "consistent" or sausage "substantial." Like other dyes, Red No. 40 is used mainly in junk foods. þ YELLOW No. 5 The second most widely used coloring causes allergic Artificial coloring reactions, primarily in aspirin-sensitive persons. This dye is the Gelatin dessert, candy, pet food, only one that must be labeled by name on food labels. baked goods X YELLOW No.

Healing Pets With Nature's Miracle Cures Henry Pasternak, D.V.M., C.V.A. See book keywords and concepts

So since pet food is considered animal feed, the use of EQ is also permitted in pet food. The fish industry uses high levels of EQ; factory workers exposed to it exhibited side effects similar to those of agent orange: a dramatic rise in liver or kidney damage, cancerous skin lesions, hair loss, blindness, leukemia, fetal abnormalities, and chronic diarrhea. In animals, EQ has been linked to immune deficiency syndrome; spleen, stomach, and liver cancers; and a host of allergies.10 Many factors can lead to cancer.

Nontoxic, Natural and Earthwise Debra Lynn Dadd See book keywords and concepts

She will eat canned or dry food if it is a natural brand, but if I give her pet food from the supermarket, she paws around it like she's trying to cover up something in her litter box. Most large corporations that manufacture commercial pet food are concerned about providing an "adequate" product at a low price. They get their protein from cheap "4-D meats"—from animals that are already dead, dying, diseased, or disabled when they're sold. Then they add sugar so your pet will like it and artificial color so you'll think it looks fresh.

Healing Pets With Nature's Miracle Cures Henry Pasternak, D.V.M., C.V.A. See book keywords and concepts

One of the dirty little secrets kept by the pet food industry is that some by-products also contain substances such as abscesses and cancerous material. In my opinion, feeding slaughterhouse wastes to animals increases their chances of getting cancer and other degenerative diseases. Some meat, especially glandular tissue, may contain high levels of hormones, which may also cause serious health problems including cancer. Unlike bacteria and viruses, these hormones are not destroyed by the high temperatures or pressure cooking used in the manufacture of pet food.

Feeding everyday groceries to pets is animal cruelty Mike Adams, the Health Ranger See article keywords and concepts

We'll look at that a little bit later, but here's a hint: pet food is actually more nutritionally balanced than human food. And there is a very good reason why, which will be discussed in detail later on. If you feed your pets lots of white rice for example, you will end up giving them diabetes. In fact, if you're asking a veterinarian who has been practicing for twenty or thirty years, they will tell you that they have recently seen a skyrocketing increase in the number of cases of diabetes in dogs.

The Pathological Protein: Mad Cow, Chronic Wasting, and Other Deadly Prion Diseases Philip Yam See book keywords and concepts

In another shipment, animal feed was incorrectly labeled as pet food. In 1999 Customs found that 21 percent of fresh and frozen beef and 24 percent of animal feed were inaccurately described.14 Sometimes the rules themselves permit overly broad terms to be used, preventing an accurate enumeration of the amount of banned material that might be making it ashore. After The Wall Street Journal printed a front-page article in November 2001 about banned feed getting into the country, Detwiler said the USDA ran a check to find out what exactly the feed was.15 "Ever go into a pet store?" she asked.

Families have reportedly been upset by some of the questions, such as whether the victim ate pet food or if she or he had used bone meal, dried blood, or manure. "The expectation of finding something linked to BSE was not considered great, either by me or by the hinders. I don't think anyone really expected we would find anything," Will recalled. "The general consensus was that BSE was unlikely to be a risk to the human population. That's what they said—everyone, including me. I didn't think it was very likely because of the evidence from scrapie.

Mammalian meat-and-bone meal is allowed for pet food, but not from specified risk materials, BSE-suspect cows, or cows over 30 months old. 29 The U.K. Department of Health announced a new management scheme that on December 1, 2001, had Robert G. Will step down as director of the CJD Surveillance Unit, a post he had held since the unit's founding; James Ironsides took over as the first in what is now a three-year rotating directorship with Will and deputy director Richard S. G. Knight. 30 Robert G. Will, interview by the author, Edinburgh, U.K., October 31, 2001.

Safe Food: Bacteria, Biotechnology, and Bioterrorism Marion Nestle See book keywords and concepts

FDA officials said that most of the by-products ended up in pet food, but this fate cannot be confirmed (and would be unlikely to reassure pet owners, regardless). Inspections revealed that 20% of about 2,500 feed mills handling meat-and-bone meal took no precautions to prevent the meal from getting into animal feed. No federal agency tests for prohibited material in feed for cattle. Worse, the bans on use of meat-and-bone meal do not apply to other farm animals such as pigs or chickens because officials assume that feed for these animals never enters the food supply for cows or people.

Outsmart Your Cancer: Alternative Non-Toxic Treatments That Work Tanya Harter Pierce See book keywords and concepts

Other pet owners may want to use canned pet food, baby food, or broth to get their animals to eat it. A great success story involving a horse was told to me by one woman who treated her 20-year-old horse named "Lad" for melanoma with Protocel. Lad was a white Arabian-Bay mix (about 90 percent Arabian) and was suffering from a type of melanoma that light-skinned horses often get. Lad had melanoma spots on various parts of his body and one bulging tumor that had originated inside his right ear that was growing outward as well as inward.

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