Comments on: Raw Dog Food – Is It Best? http://healthierdogs.com/dog_food/raw-dog-food-is-it-best/ - yes, dog health problems can be solved! Wed, 01 Feb 2012 11:12:41 +0000 hourly 1 By: Brigitte Smith http://healthierdogs.com/dog_food/raw-dog-food-is-it-best/comment-page-1/#comment-190252 Brigitte Smith Sun, 17 Jul 2011 12:57:19 +0000 http://healthierdogs.com/?p=544#comment-190252 Hi Diana, Wysong is a great one. Personally I prefer to feed actual raw food from the butcher, but I know many people prefer to buy ready-mades. Regards, Brigitte Hi Diana,

Wysong is a great one.

Personally I prefer to feed actual raw food from the butcher, but I know many people prefer to buy ready-mades.

Regards,
Brigitte

]]> By: Diana http://healthierdogs.com/dog_food/raw-dog-food-is-it-best/comment-page-1/#comment-189443 Diana Fri, 04 Mar 2011 03:26:11 +0000 http://healthierdogs.com/?p=544#comment-189443 Which commercial raw food do you think is the best, and why? I'm still not completely sold on raw food for pets. I don't worry about salmonella, etc. so much as I worry that the pet will be getting the right nutrients. Also, so many vets have completely changed their recommendations about protein amounts. Is it as important for dogs as for cats? Does grain really matter? Which commercial raw food do you think is the best, and why? I’m still not completely sold on raw food for pets. I don’t worry about salmonella, etc. so much as I worry that the pet will be getting the right nutrients. Also, so many vets have completely changed their recommendations about protein amounts. Is it as important for dogs as for cats? Does grain really matter?

]]> By: Brigitte http://healthierdogs.com/dog_food/raw-dog-food-is-it-best/comment-page-1/#comment-189357 Brigitte Mon, 07 Feb 2011 05:47:26 +0000 http://healthierdogs.com/?p=544#comment-189357 Hi Susan, Thanks for the comment. Sorry I didn't respond. I'm not sure why I missed it. I'll look out for that book by Richard Wrangham. I'm always interested to read about people's perspectives on food. Personally I have found that I was healthier than I have ever been (by far) when I went on a raw diet (actually almost exclusively a raw fruit diet) some years back. I was on it for 2 years and did not get any colds or "off-color" days in that whole time (most unusual for me - I used to get everything that was going!), and the effects lasted for at least another year after I stopped the diet. Regards, Brigitte Hi Susan,

Thanks for the comment. Sorry I didn’t respond. I’m not sure why I missed it.

I’ll look out for that book by Richard Wrangham. I’m always interested to read about people’s perspectives on food.

Personally I have found that I was healthier than I have ever been (by far) when I went on a raw diet (actually almost exclusively a raw fruit diet) some years back. I was on it for 2 years and did not get any colds or “off-color” days in that whole time (most unusual for me – I used to get everything that was going!), and the effects lasted for at least another year after I stopped the diet.

Regards,
Brigitte

]]> By: Susan http://healthierdogs.com/dog_food/raw-dog-food-is-it-best/comment-page-1/#comment-156869 Susan Tue, 29 Dec 2009 18:46:28 +0000 http://healthierdogs.com/?p=544#comment-156869 "Do you remember what a good nutritionist always says? The closer to the natural state the food we eat is – the better it is for our health." This isn't true for human nutrition. The nutrients in many foods are more available to us when some processing (cooking, grinding, etc.) has been done to them. A very interesting book on the subject of the invention of cooking and the evolution of humans is "Catching Fire: How Cooking Made Us Human" by the anthropologist Richard Wrangham. It is clearly about human evolution, but there is much research on digestion presented that may have some implications to animal nutrition. It's a riveting read. “Do you remember what a good nutritionist always says? The closer to the natural state the food we eat is – the better it is for our health.”

This isn’t true for human nutrition. The nutrients in many foods are more available to us when some processing (cooking, grinding, etc.) has been done to them. A very interesting book on the subject of the invention of cooking and the evolution of humans is “Catching Fire: How Cooking Made Us Human” by the anthropologist Richard Wrangham. It is clearly about human evolution, but there is much research on digestion presented that may have some implications to animal nutrition. It’s a riveting read.

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