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Originally Posted by 107barney  I disagree with a lot of the article. Veterinary nutritionists who have advanced training in nutrition have said simply reading an ingredient list is not a good way to pick dog food.
I also disagree that corn is a cheap filler.
If I said that birdseed (millet) and animal plasma were cheap additives to dog food, I would be read the riot act so I'm not sure why a continued assault on other dog food ingredients is still permitted. I feed my dogs home cooked food - should I say here than anyone feeding dog food is taking a cheap option? Just saying that this is obviously cutting only one way here, perhaps there should be a holistic and raw food section. |
I'm not surprised that you disagree with the article, but please show me one veterinary nutritionist who has an advanced training in nutrition recommend not reading the ingredients? He is not saying only to do that, but you need to be aware of the ploys manufactures use. Another problem is most veterinary nutritionists with advanced training in nutrition are connected to the dog food companies, it's difficult to get an unbiased opinion.
Didn't understand your millet and blood plasma reference at first, then I realized it a reference to the food I feed my dogs. Cathy, I just gave a review of the food to help others find something I think is very healthy. I don't think millet and blood plasma are cheap, and something that loaded with real not synthetic vitamins could never be considered a filler.
The true meaning of the word holistic is looking at the organism as a whole, western medicine has traditionally treated symptoms, a pill for this and a pill for that instead of looking at the whole individual. Unfortunately, it became a buzz word that any company could use to push their product and lost some of it's real meaning. However, there are still holistic vets who take the word very seriously and they are adding to the overall medical knowledge. Are you saying that Dr. Dunn is a holistic vet just because he's open minded to raw food?