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Originally Posted by Belle Noir  ...Someone on another site said it best. He is SELLING his "breed specific diets" in books at 30 bucks a pop, and that "while he's apparently a trained biochemist, he's not a canine nutritional scientist". |
I completely agree that he's got some facts correct but quite obviously most of his conclusions wrong...likely a fear factor advertising technique. He is absolutely SELLING 'a product' and that is most certainly a determining factor for me...the 'gain/loss' vs. 'truth' factor...not to mention that I could easily critique what he wrote into a volume of my own.
From my research, Dr. Jonny Bowden is absolutely correct in that it is not the GI that must be focused on. Way too much emphasis is being put on the Glycemic Index...whole diet plans are being sold on TV based on the GI, and while the GI is interesting, it is also not completely accurate since every food is not 'standardized' in its nutritional content across every stick of celery or carrot or lettuce leaf.
It is also not 'the feeding of raw' that causes issues. Feeding cooked reduces some benefits of some foods, but with carrots, for example, certain benefits are gained from raw, while there are other benefits from cooked carrots. It is absolutely NOT carrots, etc., that cause diabetes. The 'cause' is known and has been for longer than I have been alive.
Since, there is a huge difference between a whole carrot and a 'carrot extractive' or chemical synthesized to emulate the 'active ingredient' that is beneficial in a 'natural' carrot...then selling the stripped out particle as a 'carrot' supplement, so...my musing was completely related to the 'chemicals' being used as supplementation for Vitamin C enhancement and replacement when there is inadequate supplies naturally. We know there are multiple ways to get natural Vitamin C, and many different Vitamin C supplement types, including the esters.
Today's food supply is so lacking in so many ways and has so much stuff that should not be consumed at all that supplementation (as well as detoxification) is sometimes beneficial and/or essential. I prefer natural supplementation (a raw, steamed, or juiced carrot) rather than chemical supplementation (a chemically compounded pill). I am aware that certain sources of Vitamin A (not carrots...lol) can be quite harmful to humans, for example, and I was just wondering if you or anyone else was aware of a 'proper' (for a canine and/or /Yorkie) product/food/supplement source/brand to obtain Vitamin C for those Yorkies that appear to need it. I know canines are 'stressed' nutritionally, as are humans, today.
Curiosity...on my part...but I do want to thank you for all the work you did. I am sure many will gain benefit by the information you have so thoughtfully provided. This can be a seriously confusing subject. Thanks, again.
