Thursday, December 25, 2008

Holistic Cat Food: What Is Holistic Cat Food?

By Scott Evans

Holistic cat food is the absence of unnatural ingredients in the food. Unnatural ingredients are not good for your cat so he will definitely benefit from better food.

One of the reasons cats live such a short time is because most cat food produces don't make nutritious food.

The natural life span of cats is actually twenty five to thirty years but the average cat only lives to be seven to ten years old. The nutritional value of most commercial food for felines is equivalent to Twinkies.

Just imagine what would happen to you if you ate nothing but junk food for the next nine years.

Anything holistic means that it is void of all artificial ingredients. The thing about cat food is that even if it says that it is holistic that does not automatically mean that it is good for your cat. The cat food companies have different laws they follow then food for human consumption does.

Here's what the law says, if at the many stops on the way to the companies processing plant things get added to the meat and meat byproducts it doesn't have to be claimed. The only things that the producers have to state as being in the food are what they personally added.

What they consider meat for cat food is another problem. Animals put down at the pound, parts of cows not usable for us, and road kill are all used for the meat and meat byproducts.

When an animal is euthanized at the pound they use poison. Unfortunately for your cat the poison does not cook out when they process the meat. You might unknowingly be poisoning your cat when you feed him.

What can you do?

One of the things you could do is to start making your cat homemade cat food. While this might sound like a time consuming option it really isn't. When your cat starts getting the proper nutrition he will eat less food so you will only need to feed your cat once a day. - 16955

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